Re: kde sees gz files into konqueror, nautilus does not

[George Farris <george gmsys com>]

On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 06:16, Vadim Plessky wrote:

> I think you completly misunderstand concept of Konqueror and KParts.
> All viewers for Konqueror are independent plugins (KParts), so there is no 
> overload for menus or Konq's codebase itself.
> But due to the fact that User Interface is consistant, and API is shared among 
> those plugins, developers can develop such plugins pretty fast (I think 
> KDevelop has template for KPart), and browsing experience is "transparent" to 
> Konqueror's users.
> For example, I have Web Archiever plugin installed (which is not part of 
> kdebase), and I can save web page in archieved format using toolbar icon. 
> Besides, I can "browse into" this archives, and view saved pages.
> All this comes without any bloatness to the code of Konq itself.
> 
> Also: IMAP and POP3 folders can be browsed from Konqueror, as well as other 
> components. So, experienced users can read mail without installing MUA. :-)
> 
> 
> 

I seem to get the impression that Nautilus was going to be really good at
handling plugins like this.  Is this not the case?

-- 
George Farris <george gmsys com>