1 <chapter id="introduction">
4 <author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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8 <date>2003-10-20</date>
9 <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
12 <title>Overview</title>
14 <para><emphasis>&konqueror;</emphasis> is an advanced
15 <link linkend="filemanager">file manager</link> for the
16 K Desktop Environment, providing file management functions ranging from simple
17 cut/copy and paste operations to advanced local and remote network file
18 browsing. Folder contents can be displayed in a variety of text and icon
19 <link linkend="viewmode">view modes</link>, which can include thumbnail
20 preview images of file contents. File and folder properties can easily be
21 examined and changed and applications launched with a simple click of the
24 <para><emphasis>&konqueror;</emphasis> is an <acronym>HTML</acronym> 4.01
25 compliant <link linkend="browser">web browser</link> with built in support for
26 JavaScript (ECMA-262), <acronym>CSS</acronym> (Cascading Style Sheets) and
27 bidirectional scripts (such as Arabic and Hebrew). It provides support for the secure
28 running of &Java; applets, &Netscape; plugins for viewing &Flash;, &RealAudio; and &RealVideo; and <acronym>SSL</acronym> for secure
29 communications. Advanced features include automatic &URL; and form completion,
30 the ability to import bookmarks from other browsers and tabbed browsing.
33 <para><emphasis>&konqueror;</emphasis> is also an excellent full featured
34 <link linkend="ftp">FTP</link> client.</para>
36 <para><emphasis>&konqueror;</emphasis> is a universal viewing application,
37 capable of displaying images and documents without having to launch another
38 application. It does this by embedding components (&kde; Parts) provided by
39 other applications; from &kview; for image viewing, &kdvi; for
40 <acronym>DVI</acronym> viewing, &kghostview; for &PostScript; documents and
41 from the various &koffice; applications for their document types.
44 <para><emphasis>&konqueror;</emphasis> is a fully customizable application
45 which anyone can <link linkend="config">configure</link> to suit their own
46 needs, from changing the overall style and the sizes of text and icons to
47 selecting which items appear in the Menubar, changing the number and
48 positions of the toolbars and even defining new shortcut key combinations.
49 Different configuration <link linkend="save-settings">profiles</link> can be
50 saved for easy recall as needed.
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