Configure Konqi as default file manager

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/5/6 Pete <teeahr1 at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2008/5/6 Willy Hamra <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com>:
>> > why dont you remove it in the first place? i always "sudo aptget remove
>> > dolphin", the moment i install the system, whether gutsy or now hardy.
>> >
>>
>> Because I actually think that KDE needs a simpler file manager. Not
>> for myself, but for the people that I install Linux for and I see how
>> they get stuck. I want to be familiar with Dolphin, but not to use it
>> for my own work.
>>
>> Dotan Cohen
>
> Really? From what I've observed, it seems to be the other way around.
> Konqueror resembles Windows Explorer (at least superficially), so most
> people can at least find their way around in it. Dolphin, OTOH, doesn't
> really resemble anything that Joe User is familiar with (leaving aside
> comparisons with Nautilus).

It seems to me that Konqueror is in the uncanny valley for many users.
Close enough to be familiar, different enough to be scary. Dolphin is
different enough to stay outside the uncanny valley, yet it is easy
enough for most people to use.

Dotan Cohen

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