On Friday 02 February 2001 17:19, you wrote:
>
> From kmail, trying to open web pages fails. KDE used to open it with
> Quanta (STUPID DEFAULT SETTING BY THE WAY!). I fixed the file association
> so that Konqueror would do it. IT DOESN'T. Instead, it STUPIDLY downloads
> the frickin' web site and then complains that "file:/home/praedor/<the
> website>" doesn't exist. DUH! If it would just open the damn website
> instead of jacking off trying to download it and then open it...
>
It is actually very simple to fix the file association so Konqueror OPENS web
sites from Kmail. I did it and it opens them perfectly. I understand that you
are a newbie and do not know how to properly setup software you run.
> Anyway, konqueror is OK for many sites, but for many others (which happen
> to be rather important to my usage needs) IT SUCKS. Opera MUST be better
> than it is. Mozilla is bigger and slower but it works. Opera is small and
> supposedly very fast. If it can do what konqueror simply doesn't do then I
> will quickly dump konqueror in favor of Opera, even if I have to pay.
>
Opera can not even show java applets, Konqueror can. And if you are talking
about https sites Konqueror handles them but you have to download proper
files to make it work. And it is not kde developers fault that web "masters"
make web sites "best viewed in MS IE or Netscape". And remember IE and
Netscape are browsers which have been around for many years, and Konqueror
was released in november 2000 (three months ago !!!).
If you want to pay for your software, and do not know how to use your free
software I think that MS Windows is the best solution for you. With MS IE you
can browse fast, do your home banking, use the latest Macromedia products,
run java and visit all these "best viewed in MS Internet Explorer" sites. And
all of that without nasty banners which will be part of "free" Opera.
Best regards,
