Time to resurrect Konqueror

[bwat47]

My bad. I mixed this thread up with another. Still Chromium doesn't have integration past some basic appearance similarities. No system notifications. No kget integration. No kpart integration... The only bit of real integration it has is Kwallet integration. No typical KDE level of UI customization. Still an amazing browser though.

I'm fine as long as my browser doesn't use that awful gtk file picker xD

[buzzmandt]

I'm fine as long as my browser doesn't use that awful gtk file picker xD

Ditto, I just can't use firefox on kubuntu anymore. I know i can use an older version with firefox-kde ppa, But I don't like older versions (I'm always on dev). I'm using Chrome now mainly for this reason. Rekonq is close but not quite there, and konquerer has too many sites saying it won't work

[vinnywright]

Ditto, I just can't use firefox on kubuntu anymore. I know i can use an older version with firefox-kde ppa, But I don't like older versions (I'm always on dev). I'm using Chrome now mainly for this reason. Rekonq is close but not quite there, and konquerer has too many sites saying it won't work

you know if you install "kpart-webkit"you can set Konqueror to use webkit (what rekonq uses)instead of KHTML and use the user agent plug in to report yourself as something else if you wish .

VINNY

[Shimapan]

Another one who went back to Konqueror with the epic fail of rekonq 2.0
I had just written in the Quantal Software forum about it:
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/forumdi...ftware-Support

However, the Blueshell repository *does* have the patched build of Firefox 19 for Raring:
https://launchpad.net/~blue-shell/+a..._filter=raring

I'm fine as long as my browser doesn't use that awful gtk file picker xD

Yes, that one's just play nasty.

I've tried Chromium, but it didn't feel right, plus it has that horrible tabs on tob nonsense... Yuck. The configurability of Chromium (and derivates) is just plain abysmal. Not touching Chrome with its integrated phone-home-functionality, reporting everything about your surfing habits to Google and such.

Tried Opera recently, and while it's not bad, they axed the theme support, and the default theme is just plain ugly. What's now wrongly called "Themes" is nothing but a customised background image.

[whatthefunk]

Tried Opera recently, and while it's not bad, they axed the theme support, and the default theme is just plain ugly. What's now wrongly called "Themes" is nothing but a customised background image.

Ive got Opera 12.14 and it has real themes.....

[kubicle]

Ive got Opera 12.14 and it has real themes.....

It actually has both, but they're "promoting" the simpler "skins", full themes are still functional and installable.
Of course this may all change as there are some big changes going into opera.

[bendy]

I'll just add my vote for konqueror. It was always my favourite kde app back in the day when it had some love from the kde devs. Back in the kde3 days I was set to pre-load a couple of konqueror instances because it was my primary web browser, file manager, ftp client, image viewer, audio ripper etc. By the magic of kparts I could achieve so much of my work flow through konqueror, and it was one of the things that attracted me to kde in the first place.

I never understood the logic or splitting out dolphin, and then rekonq. I remember hearing from kde devs that konqueror was "too complicated", but I never, ever heard a user say that. Like all of kde's supposed "complexity", it's well hidden if you don't want to go looking for it.

[dmeyer]

Anybody check the news lately? Google is going on an ad blocker killing spree. They've removed all ad blockers on the play store and I am very sure it won't take long before they remove it from Chrome as well. In that case, no matter how technologically strong Chrome is, it will never take back the title of my favourite browser. I only started using Firefox 6 months ago and Chrome for almost 4 years.

[SteveRiley]

Anybody check the news lately? Google is going on an ad blocker killing spree. They've removed all ad blockers on the play store

The developer of AdAway has already moved his application to an alternate repository, F-Droid. See my new stickied thread about alternative Android app repositories.

[whatthefunk]

Well, after bouncing back and forth between an older version of Rekonq and Opera Ive decided on Konqueror. Its not perfect but meets my needs and follows KDE themes. I just wish KDE would allow for international font configuration.....