On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| > On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
| > | > > -of course, no default installation of Netscape. I don't want to
| > | > > clean it up after install manually
| > |
| > | So, you don't use netscape but you use something else? There are some
| > | alternatives out there I must say... May I ask what you use to browse
| > | the web then?
|
| > it.
|
| but you use konqueror?
|
Yes.
| > If you are interested in browser-question discussion, do not hesitate to
| > e-mail me !!
| > --
| > Best regards,
| >
| > Vadim Plessky
| >
| > P.S. Openly speaking, I see Konqueror as THE ONLY alternative to
| > Microsoft IE. Problem is that it is developed for Linux, and part of
| > KDE2 project. I am wondering if some super-hacker can get its code
| > (everything available in sources on KDE CVS) and port it to Windows.
| > (don't care so much about Mac, but Mac port will be also great!)
| > I have a *BAD* feeling that if Konqueror fails with wide acceptance,
| > Microsoft will dominate the market completely.
|
| Konqueror uses qt2 and for non-free os like windows you have to pay for
| the use of qt2.
Depends on TrollTech. I would not mind if TrollTech makes Konqueror for Win
98 and binaries for it in free download on their site.
Besides, I guess KHTML doesn't use QT, so browser based on KHTML can be free
of QT2 code. Of course, view management and file manager need to be reworked
in this case.
--
Vadim Plessky
