Feature changed by: Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) Feature #310905, revision 9 Title: Make Konqueror Default File Manager openSUSE-11.4: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Peter Tselios (tpe) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Restore Konqueror as default file manager in a next OpenSUSE version. I don't need to say much about that. Konqueror is still a better file manager than Dolphin. I know that they use the same kpart, but still, konqueror does much more things and the common with Dolphin functionality "works" better in it. Discussion: #1: Alex Bars (alexdbars) (2010-12-01 08:24:34) I agree even knowing that dolphin 4.6 has great improvements #2: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) (2010-12-01 11:35:40) It is a KDE feature, not a distro feature. You need stronger and detailed arguments for overriding the upstream decision. According to KDE, Dolphin was chosen because it is more lightweight. #3: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) (2010-12-05 15:55:31) Nobody stops you from using konqueror as file manager, but defaults are for "normal users" not for power users that will not see changing a default value as a problem. Dolphin is more than enough for common (and not-so-common) users... in fact that's the main reason for its existence. + #4: Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) (2010-12-09 05:28:15) + It is not only that dolphin is smaller. File manager and browser are 2 + different things with similar functionality built in, but very + different levels of rights to manipulate local files. + It is better for new users to have 2 different programs handling this 2 + tasks to underscore difference between Web and local file system, + instead of blurring it when all of browsing is provided by single + program. I'm sure that not many users will notice difference between + Konqueror in File Management and Web Browsing mode, but when they start + programs with different names, it is hard not to see that is something + different. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310905