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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Member since:2006-10-11
gilboa: You missed my point - why "one task, one tool"?
Hey, same to you, buddy. I wrote "one job, one tool", which incidentally is something different than "one task, one tool". The phrase comes from waaay back in UNIX time and could also be phrased "one tool, one job" and means nothing more, and nothing less, than that a tool should only do one thing. It has nothing to do with how many tools there are for a given job. The KISS really should have given it away, but i digress.
Dolphin might be better for you - but does it automatically make Dolphin better suited for my needs?
And while you're at it, why not take the "one task, one tool" mentality a step further?
kmail, evolution and thunderbird are all designed to accomplish the same task - why no kill evolution and kmail and put all the developers on thunderbird?
I fear, you lost me here. Do you confuse me with someone else? I can't recall where I wrote that or anything that even got close.
I -like- having the ability to choose between different solutions to the same problem.
So do I, but I advise you to not confuse solution with tool. There are many ways to get a nail into the wall, but a hammer is best suited to be only a hammer and not also a screwdriver, if you catch my drift.
So, please, don't get all pluralistic on me when i'm argueing to include more, and better focused, software into KDE.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2005-07-06
You missed my point - why "one task, one tool"?
Dolphin might be better for you - but does it automatically make Dolphin better suited for my needs?
And while you're at it, why not take the "one task, one tool" mentality a step further?
kmail, evolution and thunderbird are all designed to accomplish the same task - why no kill evolution and kmail and put all the developers on thunderbird?
IMHO, having a single way of doing things tends to stifle innovation - and KDE is all about innovation, choice and customization.
I -like- having the ability to choose between different solutions to the same problem.
- Gilboa