KDE 4.0.0!

[Derek Broughton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 13/01/2008, nepal <nepal.roade at virgin.net> wrote:
>> On Saturday 12 January 2008, Terence Simpson wrote:
>> > Yes, they stripped the file managing out of Konqueror, it
>> > uses parts of Dolphin to manage files.
>>
>> Who did, and Why? what is the vested interest or is it a
>> vendetta?? Who made the decision? does this apply to
>> [K]ubuntu only?
> 
> Probably because Microsoft separated Internet Explorer from Windows
> Explorer. Got to follow the leader, you know!
> 
> Note: I love KDE and I'm rather dedicated to the software. However, I
> see many arbitrary decisions, such as this one, that seem to follow
> similar arbitrary decisions from MS. Guess how I feel about that?

It's _not_ arbitrary to remove the file managing from konqueror.

konqueror is a container for kparts.  It always has been, so making the file
management a kpart (actually, I think it already was) is reasonable.  It
should be technically possible to use different kparts for file
management - so those who prefer midnight commander could have an mc kpart
and get the file management _and_ a pretty face.

What boggles the mind is replacing the existing file management with
something that doesn't do half as good a job.  Multiple file manager tabs
and split windows are absolutely mandatory imo.
-- 
derek