Star Dolphin To Become Default File Manager in KDE 4?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Feb 2007 09:52 UTC, submitted by anonymous
KDE In the transition from KDE 3 to KDE 4, a new file manager, Dolphin, was often discussed and now officially moved to the base part of KDE. "I just stumbled over this message saying that the file manager Dolphin is now part of kdebase (of KDE 4): 'Moving Dolphin to kdebase, as discussed with Peter and others. The big plan is: Dolphin will become the default file manager (kicker buttons and file:/ links bring it up).' The question remains what now happens with Konqueror - keep in mind that one of the goals of KDE 4 was to only keep one app for each task inside the base packages. But with Dolphin as the potentially new file manager and Webkit as the new browser we may see Konqueror vanish."
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RE[2]: Well, I dont like it
by JamesTRexx on Tue 20th Feb 2007 12:14 UTC in reply to "RE: Well, I dont like it"
JamesTRexx
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2005-11-06

As long as I can keep on using Konqueror as long as dolphin has no multi column view.
That view is the one I use most of the time as I don't like the larger icon views, and the detailed view just gives me unnecessary info.
Splitting the functionality of filebrowser and web browser is a good idea though as it could give the same trouble Windows has with IE and explorer.

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RE[3]: Well, I dont like it
by nutshell42 on Tue 20th Feb 2007 12:37 in reply to "RE[2]: Well, I dont like it"
nutshell42 Member since:
2006-01-12

Without ever having used Dolphin I'd say choosing a vertical instead of horizontal arrangement in this config dialog should do the trick:
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/setting_02.html

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RE[4]: Well, I dont like it
by JamesTRexx on Wed 21st Feb 2007 23:10 in reply to "RE[3]: Well, I dont like it"
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2005-11-06

That might be it. I'll have to remember it when KDE 4 is released as a FreeBSD port.

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RE[3]: Well, I dont like it
by Priest on Tue 20th Feb 2007 14:32 in reply to "RE[2]: Well, I dont like it"
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2006-05-12

"As long as I can keep on using Konqueror as long as dolphin has no multi column view.
That view is the one I use most of the time as I don't like the larger icon views, and the detailed view just gives me unnecessary info."

Would this do the trick? http://kde-apps.org/CONTENT/content-pre3/40491-3.png

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RE[4]: Well, I dont like it
by JamesTRexx on Wed 21st Feb 2007 23:09 in reply to "RE[3]: Well, I dont like it"
JamesTRexx Member since:
2005-11-06

Almost, but it still gives me more than a list of filenames. Only in certain instances do I need to know the size and date of the file.

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RE[3]: Well, I dont like it
by segedunum on Tue 20th Feb 2007 16:24 in reply to "RE[2]: Well, I dont like it"
segedunum Member since:
2005-07-06

Splitting the functionality of filebrowser and web browser is a good idea though as it could give the same trouble Windows has with IE and explorer.

It's the other way around actually. Microsoft wanted to make Windows and Internet Explorer the same app, but they obviously quickly realised that both use cases needed pretty much a different application so you get elements of one in the other.

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