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Dolphin is a file manager for KDE. It is the default file manager for the current version, KDE 4, and can be optionally installed on KDE 3. Although replaced as the default file manager for KDE 4, Konqueror is still the default web browser, and can be used as an alternative file manager for power users.
Under previous KDE versions, Konqueror had served both as the default file manager and web browser. However, for many years users have criticized that Konqueror was too complex for simple file navigation. As a response, the two functions were divided into two separate applications. Under KDE 4, Dolphin was streamlined for browsing files, while sharing as much code as possible with Konqueror. Konqueror continues to be developed primarily as a web browser.[3]
[edit] Dolphin and KDE 3
As development of the KDE 4 version was underway, the KDE 3 version of Dolphin was discontinued. However, the program continues to be unofficially available for KDE 3 under the slightly modified name of "D3lphin". D3lphin contains many bugfixes and a new sidebar, but is no longer maintained.[4]
[edit] Features
- Breadcrumb navigation bar - each part of the URL is clickable
- 3 view modes (Icons, Details and Columns), remembered for each folder
- File Previews
- Split views (for copying and moving files)
- Network transparency - using KDE's KIO slaves
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Tabbed navigation
- Renaming of a variable number of selected items in one step
- NEPOMUK integration
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