First impressions of dolphin

[David McGlone]

On Friday 05 October 2007 5:27:01 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > What I don't understand about Dolphin is, why have 2 apps that do the
> > same job? For instance, If I'm surfing the web and I decide to go to my
> > home directory, I just hit the home button or type it in the URL or use
> > the sidebar, Why open a whole new window, why even have split view for
> > that matter.
>
> LOL.  _I_ like konqueror as it is, but many people have the odd opinion
> that a web browser should browse the web and a file manager should manage
> files, and never cross paths.  This is the sort of fuzzy thinking that
> leaves them asking on the ubuntu-users list how they can edit something
> directly on an FTP site :-)

I completely understand. I'll bet if ubuntu took konqueror, changed the name, 
gave it a different Icon removed the URL bar remove some of the icons that 
make konqueror look like konqueror or just put different icons there nobody 
would know the difference :-) Basically just make Konq look different and 
call it something else. LOL!
>
> > Think about when your chatting with a friend in Kopete and they send you
>
> I _never_ think about chatting in Kopete...
>
> > and e-mail, instead of sitting there and waiting for the mail or clicking
> > the check mail button, you have to open Kontact first.
> >
> > And if a person doesn't want this functionality or don't use Kontact they
> > can open Kontact as a stand alone app like it is now.
>
> That almost made me choke!  There are already enough problems trying to get
> the components of kontact to behave as well _in_ kontact as they do when
> run stand-alone.

True.

> korganizer won't import .ics files unless it runs 
> stand-alone.  kmail used to have similar issues - I haven't run into them
> recently, so perhaps they're fixed.

Probably so. The whole purpose of me mentioning this was not because I want it 
to happen, but that is the way I think. If it was up to me, I'd even add Konq 
to kontact. 1 app for chat, e-mail, appointments, address's notes  and 
calendar and web. Oh yeah, and a checkbook program like moneydance or 
kmymoney and at least a word processor.

Now that's my ideal office app. :-)



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