Konqueror

Open KHTML Info Page Launched

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In an effort to open up their development process the developers of the Konqueror components KHTML, KJS and KSVG have launched the open Web portal KHTML.info.

By providing a central contact point and source of information in
form of an open Wiki the developers want to promote their work and
embrace users and developers from both Open Source as well as
commercial environments.


TUX: Using Konqueror for File Management and Domination

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Issue 2 of TUX Magazine includes a 6 page article on everything you could know about using Konqueror as a file manager. Tux is a magazine for new GNU/Linux users and the article covers split windows, different file view modes and how to find lost files. The magazine is free to subscribe to and available as a PDF download.


TUX Magazine: Konqueror Web Shortcuts

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I'm a two browser kind of guy. Somewhere, on one of my virtual desktops, I always have a copy of Firefox open. On another, I have Konqueror. Both of these are incredibly capable browsers with their own strengths, strengths which are unique to both and which, as a result, leave me running two different browsers all the time. Intrigued? Read more in this brief article at TUX Magazine.


MozillaQuest Editor's Choice is Konqueror

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The online computer magazine MozillaQuest has awarded Konqueror their Editor's Choice award as a "well-built, feature-robust, and free" web browser and file manager. The award was given to Konqueror over Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and AOL's Netscape. Congratulations to the Konqueror and KHTML developers on a job well done!


Alpha Version of Gtk+ Port of KHTML

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Hot on the heals of the port of Gecko to Qt comes a pre-release of a port of KHTML to GTK+. Released components include KJS JavaScript interpreter, KHTML rendering engine, Qt porting layer, WebKit API for embedding and a reference browser for demonstrating the functionality of the other components. Their website explains that this was done by Nokia Research Center.


OSDir.com: GecKo Makes an Entrance

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It seems like whenever KDE developers get together for a meeting or conference, great things happen. For instance, in the past we've seen developments such as the creation of DCOP (one of the building blocks of KDE), or thousands of fixes in only one short week. The recent KDE conference in Germany was no exception. One of the most notable outcomes of the conference was an impromptu project to port Mozilla to KDE.


Luke Plant: Konqueror URL Shortcuts

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Konqueror's 'Ctrl-Home' keyboard shortcut is usually limited to a single URL -- either the home page or home folder -- and so often does "the wrong thing" for the user. Here is a tutorial on how to override this using KHotKeys and DCOP, make it context sensitive, and how to create keyboard shortcuts for any URL while we are at it.