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@xxxxxxxxx> 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 >> ____________________________________________________ >> tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Web mail archive available at >> https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > > > -- > Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing > with the NSA, CIA ... > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at > https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
