You can launch the Konqueror web browser by selecting → from the main menu. Then type in an URL in the Location bar.
Tool Bar. Contains all buttons used to navigate and perform common actions (see Section 2.2, “Surfing the Web”).
Location Bar. Where you enter a site's
URL (or a local file using file://
as the
protocol part of the URL).
Bookmarks Bar. Contains buttons which give you quick access to your favorite sites.
Tabs Browsing. Allows you to open many sites in the same window instead of opening new windows, which makes browsing much simpler.
Display Area. Where the contents of the web sites and local files you browse are displayed.
The following table summarizes the most commonly used navigation buttons Konqueror's web browser provides.
Table 5.3. Konqueror's Tool Bar Buttons
Bookmarks store the URLs of your favorite sites. Press Ctrl-B and click on to bookmark a site. Use the Bookmarks Editor ( → ) to classify your bookmarks. (see Figure 5.9, “Editing Bookmarks”).
Your bookmarks can be exported ( → ) and imported ( → ) to and from different formats, allowing you to never loose a single bookmark.
Konqueror's browser allows you to browse many web pages at a time by using tabbed browsing (see Figure 5.8, “Konqueror Web Browser”).
Plugins let your browser handle content other than HTML and graphics, such as animations, streaming audio, Java applets, and more. Select → and open the Plugins section to set the plugins preferences (see Figure 5.10, “Plugins Settings”).
After you (optionally) downloaded and installed some plugins (such as Flash®), click on for Konqueror to recognize and set up the installed plugins: all directories listed in the Scan Folders list will be searched.