Galeon 1.2 fans unite -- on Konqueror [LWN.net]

Galeon 1.2 fans unite -- on Konqueror

Posted Feb 11, 2004 19:16 UTC (Wed) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
Parent article: A grumpy user's browser review

I too was a big Galeon 1.2 fan. Then I installed Libranet 2.8 and had no
good way of using Galeon 1.2 instead of the abysmal 1.3. But I got KDE
3.1 in exchange, and that was a big win.

Konqueror is now my browser of choice. Yes, it has some minor
rendering/javascript bugs (should be better in KDE 3.2, which I haven't
tried yet). I keep Mozilla Firebird handy for the rare sites where those
bugs cause real problems. But Konqueror has almost every feature I liked
from Galeon 1.2, plus lots more, and it's pretty stable.

The main thing I still miss is Galeon 1.2's ability to recover from a
crash by restoring all tabs to the same site they were on before the
crash. Whenb Konqueror crashes, I lose all that state.

Being able to do a google search by typing gg:whatever into the location
box is wonderful, and doing "I'm Feeling lucky" with ggl:whatever is
really cool.

I recently discover a nice hidden Konqueror feature: holding shift while
moving the scoll wheel changes the text size on the web page. Not as
user-friendly as Galeon 1.2's magnification, but still handy.

I'd be more interested in Firefox (neé Firebird) if the plugins that make
it truly usable were easier to get and make work, preferably as a
distribution package (deb or rpm).

I also wonder why Mozilla wasn't included in this review.

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Galeon 1.2 fans unite -- on Konqueror

Posted Feb 11, 2004 22:45 UTC (Wed) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link]

> I recently discover a nice hidden Konqueror feature: holding shift while
> moving the scoll wheel changes the text size on the web page.

Firebird 0.7 (and I'm assuming Firefox but I haven't tried it yet) does this too, although you use CTRL instead of SHIFT.

Very handy for some sites (like the Gentoo sites!) where the default font size is teeny-tiny on my 1600x1200 desktop :-)

Galeon 1.2 fans unite -- on Konqueror

Posted Feb 12, 2004 18:17 UTC (Thu) by lypanov (subscriber, #8858) [Link]

um this is a wierd trick for kde 3.2:
after a crash. open keditbookmarks.
use import -> open all crash sessions as bookmarks
select "as new folder"
ctrl-s to save your bookmarks
open konqueror
find the submenu of the bookmarks with the crash you want to reload
right click on the folder in the submenu
select 'open all bookmarks in tabs'

yeah its wierd. maybe i should make it easier :)

Alex