Konqueror
Konqueror displaying the Wikipedia Main page.
Maintainer:	The KDE Team
Stable release:	3.5.6  (January 25, 2007) [+/-]
Preview release:	none  (n/a) [+/-]
OS:	Linux, Unix-like and embedded systems
Use:	Web browser, File browser
License:	GNU GPL
Website:	Konqueror

Konqueror is a file manager, web browser and file viewer, which was developed as part of the K Desktop Environment (KDE) by volunteers and runs on most Unix-like operating systems. Like the rest of the "kdebase" package in which Konqueror is distributed, Konqueror is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Image File history File links Konqueror_logo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x714, 306 KB) Summary A screenshot of Konqueror 3. ... In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... What is an Embedded System? Electronic devices that incorporate a computer(usually a microprocessor) within their implementation. ... An example of a web browser (Mozilla Firefox), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ... A file manager is a software tool that provides a user interface to work with computer files. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ... An example of a web browser (Mozilla Firefox), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ... A file viewer is a piece of computer software that displays the data stored in a computer file in a human-friendly form. ... KDE (K Desktop Environment) (IPA: ) is a free software project which aims to be a powerful ecosystem for an easy-to-use desktop environment. ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ...

The name Konqueror is a play on the names of other browsers: first comes the Navigator, the Explorer, and then the Konqueror. It also follows the KDE convention of programs containing a capital K. Netscape Navigator, also known as Netscape, was a proprietary web browser that was popular during the 1990s. ... It has been suggested that Internet Explorer 7 be merged into this article or section. ...

User interface

Konqueror's user interface is somewhat reminiscent of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (in turn designed after Netscape Navigator and NCSA Mosaic), though it is more customizable. It works extensively with "panels", which can be rearranged or added. For example, one could have a bookmarks panel on the left side of the browser window, and by clicking a bookmark, the respective Web page would be viewed in the larger panel to the right. Alternatively, one could display a hierarchical list of folders in one panel and the content of the selected folder in another. The panels are quite flexible and can even include a console window. Panel configurations can be saved, and there are some default configurations. (For example, "Midnight Commander" displays a screen split into two panels, where each one contains a folder, Web site, or file view.) The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... It has been suggested that Internet Explorer 7 be merged into this article or section. ... Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. ... Netscape Navigator, also known as Netscape, was a proprietary web browser that was popular during the 1990s. ... Mosaic was the first popular World Wide Web browser and Gopher client. ... 1) A bookmark is a thin marker, commonly made from paper or leather, used to keep ones place in a printed work and so be able to return to it with ease. ... An example of a graphical user interface in Windows XP, with the My Music window displayed In computing, a window is a visual area, usually rectangular in shape, containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer... A screenshot of a web page. ... Look up Folder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Midnight Commander (mc) is an orthodox file manager for Unix-like systems and a clone of Norton Commander. ...

Navigation functions (back, forward, history, etc.) are available during all operations. Most keyboard shortcuts can be remapped using a graphical configuration and navigation can be conducted through an assignment of letters to nodes on the active file by pressing Ctrl. The address bar has extensive autocompletion support for local directories, past URLs, and past search terms. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) — many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI; strictly, the idea of a uniform syntax for...

The application utilises a tabbed document interface, wherein a window can contain multiple documents in tabs. Multiple document interfaces are not supported, however it is possible to recursively divide a window to view multiple documents simultaneously, or simply open another window. In the area of graphical user interfaces, a tabbed document interface (TDI) is one that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window, using tabs to navigate between them. ... MDI implementation in the Windows version of Adobe Photoshop. ...

Web browser

Konqueror has been developed as an autonomous web browser project. It normally uses KHTML as its layout engine, which is compliant with HTML, supports JavaScript, Java applets, Cascading Style Sheets, SSL, and other relevant open standards. An example of a web browser (Mozilla Firefox), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ... Konqueror using KHTML to render the Wikipedia front page. ... A layout engine, or rendering engine, is a software that takes web content (such as HTML, XML, image files, etc) and formatting information (such as CSS, XSL, etc) and displays the formatted content on the screen. ... HTML, short for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for the creation of web pages. ... JavaScript is the name of Netscape Communications Corporations and now the Mozilla Foundations implementation of the ECMAScript standard, a scripting language based on the concept of prototype-based programming. ... Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. ... 71. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Open standards are publicly available documents that contain implementable specifications. ...

Konqueror integrates several customizable search services which can be accessed by entering the service's abbreviation code (for example, gg: for Google) followed by the search term(s). One can add their own search service; for instance, to retrieve Wikipedia articles, one adds a Web shortcut called wp: with the URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={@}&go=Go. Google search is the worlds most popular search engine. ... Google, Inc. ... Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Konqueror's rendering speed is on par with that of competing browsers, but sites with malformed HTML are sometimes less leniently rendered than by other browsers. Problems can also result from the use of plugins on a Web site which cannot be run under the operating system on which Konqueror is run; the use of QuickTime movies, or Shockwave animations can result in such problems. However, SWF (Flash), PDF, Java applets, and other plugins are supported if the respective software is installed. A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that interacts with a main (or host) application (a web browser or an email program, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function on-demand. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Macromedia Shockwave is frequently confused with Macromedia Flash. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... Portable Document Format (PDF), sometimes mistaken for Printable Document Format, is an open file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 and is now being prepared for submission as an ISO standard[1]. It is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent fixed-layout...

File browser

The Konqueror file browser

Konqueror also allows browsing the local directory hierarchy—either by entering locations in the address bar, or by selecting items in the file browser window. It allows browsing in different views, which differ in their usage of icons and layout. Files can also be executed, viewed, copied, moved, and deleted. Screenshot of Konqueror on KDE 3. ... Screenshot of Konqueror on KDE 3. ... Christ the Redeemer (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek , eikon, image) is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the...

File viewer

Using the KParts object model, Konqueror executes components that are capable of viewing (and sometimes editing) specific filetypes and embeds their client area directly into the Konqueror panel in which the respective files have been opened. This makes it possible to, for example, view a KOffice document directly from within Konqueror. Any application that implements the KParts model correctly can be embedded in this fashion. In computer programming, KParts is the name of the component framework for the KDE desktop environment. ... In the computing discipline object model has two related but distinct meanings: 1. ... A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file. ... KWord screenshot KSpread screenshot Winner of the GUI and Functionality Design Competition for KOffice 2 Proposition made to the GUI and Functionality Design Competition for KOffice 2 KOffice is an office suite for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). ... In computer programming, KParts is the name of the component framework for the KDE desktop environment. ...

KIO

Konqueror displaying the contents of an audio CD

In addition to browsing files and web sites, Konqueror utilizes KIO plugins to extend its capabilities well beyond those of other browsers and file managers. It uses components of KIO, the Konqueror I/O plugin system, to access different protocols such as HTTP and FTP (support for these is built-in). Image File history File links Konqi-audiocd. ... Image File history File links Konqi-audiocd. ... KIO is part of the KDE architecture. ... HTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the primary method used to convey information on the World Wide Web. ... FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or through a network. ...

Similarly, Konqueror can use KIO plugins (called IOslaves) to access ZIP files and other archives, smb (Windows) shares, to process ed2k links (edonkey/emule), or even to browse audio CDs, ("audiocd:/") and rip them via drag-and-drop. The FISH ("fish://user@host") IOslave allows Konqueror to manage files on remote secure shell servers, and the "man:" and "info:" IOslaves are handy for fetching nicely formatted documentation. For a complete list, open the KDE Info Center and click the Protocols icon. (If the Info Center is not available in your version of KDE, open the KDE Control Panel and look in the Information, Protocols section instead.) The ZIP file format is a popular data compression and archival format. ... CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... Ripping is the process of copying the audio or video data from one media form, such as Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) or Compact Disc (CD), to a hard disk. ... Drag-and-drop refers to the act of (or support for the act of) clicking on a virtual object and dragging it to, or onto, another virtual object. ... In computing, Secure Shell or SSH is a set of standards and an associated network protocol that allows establishing a secure channel between a local and a remote computer. ... KDE (K Desktop Environment) (IPA: ) is a free software project which aims to be a powerful ecosystem for an easy-to-use desktop environment. ...

Platforms

Although Konqueror is primarily developed for Linux, it is available for some other platforms such as BSD, Solaris, and recently Microsoft Windows (while still very limited).  Full Windows support is planned for Konqueror 4.0, which will be a part of KDE 4.0. Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family. ... Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is the Unix derivative distributed by the University of California, Berkeley, starting in the 1970s. ... Solaris is a computer operating system developed by Sun Microsystems. ... Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... An early screenshot of KDE 4 running Kate KDE 4 is the next major release of the K Desktop Environment software. ...

See also

Free software Portal

• Konqueror Embedded
• KHTML
• KJS
• KSVG
• List of web browsers
• List of file managers
• Comparison of web browsers
• Comparison of file managers

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External links

• Konqueror homepage