say no to dolphin!

[novgrod]

So many speedbumps!
Anyway, I really dislike Dolphin, but I can't remove it. Adept gives me unable to commit.... break packages.... et cetera.

So instead of fighting that beast, how do I make Konqueror the default file manager again?

[mchuskie]

Re: say no to dolphin!

If sudo aptitude remove dolphin doesn't do the trick, then try the sealife-friendly way...

In Konqueror go to Tools -> Configure Konqueror -> File Associations. Under "inode" is "Directory", and you can bump Konq to the top of the Application Preference Order list.

[novgrod]

Re: say no to dolphin!

Hey nice!
That did the trick. Thanks a ton, JamesM

[Joshi]

Re: say no to dolphin!

So many speedbumps!

I really agree with you!! (and that's not the only problem)..


but the standard "adept_manger" just done it right

[monkwarrior]

Re: say no to dolphin!

My main problem is that Dolphin doesn't warn me BEFORE deleting files.
What happens quite often is this:

You remove a file.
Focus of Dolphin goes back to the top of the file list.
Because you pushed the DEL-key a bit too long that first file is also removed without you noticing this.

It should be an option inside Dolphin to have warnings before deleting files.
Besides that the focus should be put on one of it's former neighbour-files.

So I decided to use Krusader again

Monk.

[Bongo5HH]

Re: say no to dolphin!

I just find dolphin clumsy.... it was so nice to use Konq with tabs to move stuff from one folder to another easily.... even having one of the tabs being a FTP.

I know dolphin was supposed to be easier for new folk, but to me it's so counter intuative that I can't do anything with it.

The deleting of files, for me I have the opposite problem. Half the time I can't get Dolphin to allow me to delete anything.. and after doing the delete, yes delete, then I have to go to the trash can and delete, yes delete again.. and even then sometimes it simply won't let me delete something...

bleh.. Konq all the way!

Kev

[marshallbanana]

Re: say no to dolphin!

Another easy way is just to open konqueror, go to any folder, right-click>properties then click that little button which sets what app is associated with this file type and set it to konqueror.
Just thought I'd put this method out there as I find it a more convenient way to set default apps than through system settings.

[dpeirce]

Re: say no to dolphin!

Although I still like Konqueror better and think it's more flexible, etc, I'm right glad KDE has introduced Dolphin. My opinion has always been that Konqueror tries to do too much by being a web browser AND a file manager; it's too hard to keep the two profiles separate. After Dolphin is improved a while, it may be possible to use Konqueror solely as a web browser (at which it *shines* almost as brightly as Opera ^_^).

In faith, Dave
Viva Texas <><

[MatthewSchenker]

Re: say no to dolphin!

Although I still like Konqueror better and think it's more flexible, etc, I'm right glad KDE has introduced Dolphin. My opinion has always been that Konqueror tries to do too much by being a web browser AND a file manager; it's too hard to keep the two profiles separate.

You said exactly what I was about to say! When I first tried Kubuntu, version 7.04, I liked it, but I didn't like the Konqueror file explorer. Then, when I saw that Dolphin was introduced in 7.10 as the default file browser I was happy. There are certain things I like about Konqueror, but I find it more clumsy when navigating the file system.

Maybe it's because I'm still new at this, but Dolphin seems more natural to me.

Matt

[stealthbanana]

Re: say no to dolphin!

At first I did not like Dolphin, but its growing on me.

Just hope its not too long before the handy konq plugins such as Kipi etc. are ported over to dolphin.

[juantovarm]

Re: say no to dolphin!

I find dolphin just too wrong to use, the look and feel is totally bad. Hopefully they will improve it soon. Konqueror is a great application, it does everything.

[MatthewSchenker]

Re: say no to dolphin!

I find dolphin just too wrong to use, the look and feel is totally bad. Hopefully they will improve it soon. Konqueror is a great application, it does everything.

I agree there are certain things about Dolphin that are a bit clumsy. I see things in Konqueror I like, but overall I like Dolphin better.

Do you think it's possible that the next version of Dolphin will have the best of Konqueror along with the advantages of Dolphin in one browser?

Matt

[marshallbanana]

Re: say no to dolphin!

In an almost ironic situation I switched from dolphin as file manager and konqueror as browser to konqueror as file manager and firefox as browser. I'd love to use konqueror for both but until it gets firefox style addons I can't bring myself to do so.

[Qqmike]

Re: say no to dolphin!

JamesM's solution, Reply #1, works for me to disable Dolphin as the default file open-er.

That leaves Dolphin on the system (K > System > Dolphin) so you can play with it and learn it, but not have it in the way. I'll be with Konqueror until the "toy" aspect of Dolphin is diluted somewhat.

[Rog131]

Re: say no to dolphin!

About Dolphin:

Dolphin File manager
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/

Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability.

Dolphin is not intended to be a competitor to Konqueror: Konqueror acts as universal viewer being able to show HTML pages, text documents, directories and a lot more, whereas Dolphin focuses on being only a file manager. This approach allows to optimize the user interface for the task of file management.

The KDE 3 version of Dolphin is in beta stage, but provides already most features for daily usage. Currently Dolphin gets ported for KDE 4.0.

The final version 1.0 of Dolphin for KDE 3 was originally planned for end of December 2006. In November Dolphin got a lot of support from Aaron J. Seigo and it has been decided to port Dolphin to KDE 4 as soon as possible. As there are not enough resources to maintain a KDE 3 version in parallel, the last release of Dolphin for KDE 3 has been 0.8.


D3lphin 0.9:

As mentioned on the roadmap, no official maintenance release for KDE 3 will be released anymore. But the good news is that Marcel Juhnke decided to do further bugfixing for the KDE 3 version of Dolphin and also included features like a second sidebar. As this is no official release, this project is named D3lphin and can be downloaded at marrat.homelinux.org. Please don't submit any bug reports for D3lphin to the KDE bug database and contact Marcel directly instead.

Topic: Dolphin or D3lphin? [Oddity]
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089495.0
Jucato:

Some Kubuntu developers decided to help make Kubuntu users' transition to KDE 4 a bit easier, by introducing some KDE 4 features in KDE 3, like Dolphin and Strigi. So it was decided to use D3lphin on Kubuntu 7.10 by default, except renamed to Dolphin.

Dolphin and KDE 4
KDE 4: some reasons for design decisions
http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/1...ign-decisions/

Konqueror and Dolphin (”and”, not “vs”)

Dolphin will be KDE 4’s new file manager. And many people raised concerns about that. Especially the power users fear that Konqueror might get neglected now, which would be horrible. And I agree, btw., that such a thing would be horrible: Konqueror is the swiss army knife for everything file management related. It is *the* tool for power users.

So, first of all, why was Dolphin introduced at all? The first reason is that Dolphin, formally a third party development, got quite some attention and was very popular especially when KDE 4 development started. The second reason, and the developers realized it when Dolphin became that popular, is that many users just want to have a simple file manager and not a swiss army knife for file management. Also, there was a chance to improve Konqueror’s file management by inviting Dolphin’s developers: Konqueror will use Dolphin’s file management engine to manage files. This will improve Konqueror’s abilities in this regard - and will make sure that Konqueror will not fall behind (that is the mighty technology of KDE...

Note #1
If you have KDE 4 rc2 installed you could use Dolphin 0.95 in the KDE 3.5.8. (Needs small fixing )
Topic: KDE4 rc2
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089538.0


Note #2
Kubuntu comes with a simplified Konqueror profile.
Kubuntu FAQ / How do I change Konqueror back to the default KDE profiles?
http://www.kubuntu.org/faq.php


Links:

Topic: Konqueror show terminal
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089226.0

Topic: Konqueror stoped opening zip-files
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088064.0

Topic: How to change konqueror back to default file manager in 7.10
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087520.0

Topic: Service Menus with Dolphin
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088743.0