On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 20 Apr 2017 14:22:06 R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > OK, I know life moves on, but this move has been a retrograde step for me. >> > My konqueror:5 recently updated seems to have a number of problems and >> > <aheam!> features I am not happy with. Grateful for any pointers to >> > address these. In no particular order. >> > >> > 1. The Bookmarks Toolbar will *always* show up when launching Konqueror. >> > I >> > deselect Settings/Toolbars Shown/Bookmark Toolbar and relaunch the >> > application, only to find out my deselection will not stick. >> > >> > 2. The menu shows no icons, only text; buttons like open new tab/close >> > current tab show no icons, making difficult to guess. >> > >> > 3. When used as a file manager Konqueror will only open directories or >> > files if I double click on them. I have set up in systemsettings5 >> > Hardware/Input Devices/Mouse/Single click to open files and folders. >> > Konqueror ignores it. >> > >> > 4. All my years of Bookmarks of Konqueror:4 gone. I had to import them >> > manually. >> > >> > 5. Network places, gone. >> > >> > 6. Left hand Panels with Places/Devices/Folders ain't thaa'r. >> > >> > 7. Konqueror Introduction page, no icons; unless I hover over them, >> > hyperlinked titles shown in dark grey over a blue background. I know my >> > eye sight is not as good as it used to be, but this is really akin to >> > usability sabotage. >> > >> > The are probably more problems I have not captured above, but my >> > experience of konqueror:5 is that of crippleware. I don't know if this >> > has anything to do with it, I am not running konqueror on a full plasma >> > desktop, but as a stand alone application. Have you observed similar? >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Mick >> >> You should take your complaints to the project's bug tracker. I know >> they will take number 7 very seriously, and seeing as you've used the >> project for an appreciable amount of time they will likely consider >> most of your other issues. >> >> At the very least they would probably tell you how to do what you >> don't know how to do. If they can't insist that there has been a >> regression. > > Thanks R0b0t1, I don't want to darken their doorstep of devs with issues which > appear isolated to my systems. Other M/L participants many of whom are > running the full Plasma desktop, do not seem to have such problems. So, I'm > guessing I must be missing some package or other to complement the required > functionality. >
I have to disagree with you here. There is no way I can see the developers responding negatively, though time might be short for new (or "reintroduced") features. I feel it necessary to mention that seventh item again, which they will take very seriously. > I'm still on kmail:4 and all menu icons are shown and functionality is not > crippled in any way. I fear what might happen when I eventually have to > install kmail:5. > I feel this is also something you should express to the developers, but admittedly I don't know the best place. Perhaps a mailing list. I understand there is a time investment but if you have any to spare it will almost assuredly spark a constructive conversation.
