[CS-FSLUG] NI: Why Linux isn't too fat & MS hurts customers

[David Aikema]

On 10/14/05, Eduardo Sanchez <lists at sombragris.org> wrote:
> On Fri 14 Oct 2005 02:43, David Aikema wrote:
> > The other part that is for Linux a definite negative in my book is
> > the multiple toolkits and GUI libraries that are being used.  Thus
> > many applications look different stylewise, and I also can't for
> > example copy a URL from Konqueror into Mozilla.
>
> I can: Ctrl-C, and then Ctrl-V. I use KDE.

I was thinking in terms of protocol support.  In any KDE application,
for example, I can view/edit a document accessible via FTP, HTTP, SMB,
NFS, etc. but the same such support is not necessarily shared by
Mozilla and other non-KDE applications.

> > Programs wlll often
> > have different hotkeys, and also many different yet similar dialogs
> > for such things as print whereas for both Windows and Mac OS this is
> > quite standardized.  Take a look at the difference in the print
> > dialogs in Mozilla and Konqueror for example - there a whole lot of
> > difference and some redundant configuration can also be required.
>
> They might be different, yes. By the way, do you know that you can use
> the same print dialog of Konqueror in Mozilla?

I'm aware that you can setup the print command in Mozilla to spawn the
same print dialog as Konqueror - however, then you're still stuck
going through Mozilla's print dialog if only to spawn the next one. 
Is there a way to get rid of the intermediate Mozilla print box that
I'm unaware of?

David