29 Jun
2021
29 Jun
'21
7:19 p.m.
I agree that Konqueror is the best file manager.
As a web browser, it's a rowboat in a world of jet aircraft.
On 6/29/21, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office(a)klepp.biz> wrote:
> Anno domini 2021 Tue, 29 Jun 13:34:27 -0500
> Hunter via tde-users scripsit:
>> Good morning everybody =)
>>
>> I'd like to ask, does anyone *actually* use Konqueror to regularly
>> browse the internet? I have used no better file manager than Konqueror
>> but the web aspect seems to be hindered. I don't think its a fault of
>> Konqueror itself but the way web design has changed. You can test this
>> yourself by using wiby.me (an early web design search engine) and
>> looking at sites indexed on it. These usually display fine in Konqueror,
>> but when you go to a modern website like DuckDuckGo for example it
>> doesn't display properly at all. It's a bummer since Konqueror is one of
>> the hallmarks of TDE for me, although I don't know much about the web
>> browser (KHTML) aspect I believe its integrated into some Trinity
>> applications which is a really nice feature. I first really thought of
>> this when I used KlamAV's virus browser function (which I assume is
>> using KHTML integrated) but Trend Micro website (being that it's likely
>> changed a lot) doesn't display properly.
>>
>> For the time being I'm using SeaMonkey since my usual browser, Pale
>> Moon, does not take too kindly to *BSD.. And since it's a suite with a
>> mail client as well I'm not using Kmail. I might switch to Firefox, but
>> if there is any way to use Konqueror I would love to. There's so many
>> options that far outweigh most dedicated web browsers such as its
>> adblock filters and the ability to disable JavaScript which gets rid of
>> any need for an add-on like uBlock Origin. I completely understand that
>> working on it to display modern web pages is probably too difficult
>> since Trinity's KHTML/Konqueror is older, this is just me dreaming here.
>> Ideally I'd like to be able to make full use of a TDE web browser and
>> the applications that work with it =)
>
> Just my ¢; I loved konqueror to browse the net ... but that was a different
> net, not to say totally alien. Remember goopher? There was a time when you
> could choose the rendering engine in konqueror. This option is long gone, a
> propper integration of e.g. firefox rendering engine would end at
> firefox-with-different-decos, so no win. How many different rendering
> engines are under active development now? 4? Less then 10 I bet. CSS of
> KHTML never implemented the full standard, now it's totally outdated. I
> don't see a way to get it on track again - and I doubt it would be of any
> use. KHTML is good for browsing the man:// and info:// pages - there's no
> better way to do it.
>
> Nik
>
>
>>
>> - Hunter aka hunter0one
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