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<chapter id="introduction">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author
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>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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<othercredit role="translator"
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><firstname
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>John</firstname
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><surname
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>Knight</surname
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><affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email
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></address
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></affiliation
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><contrib
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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></othercredit
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>
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</authorgroup>
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<date
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>2003-10-20</date
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> <releaseinfo
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>3.2</releaseinfo
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> </chapterinfo>
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<title
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>Overview</title>
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<para
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><emphasis
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>&konqueror;</emphasis
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> is an advanced <link linkend="filemanager"
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>file manager</link
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> for the K Desktop Environment, providing file management functions ranging from simple cut/copy and paste operations to advanced local and remote network file browsing. Folder contents can be displayed in a variety of text and icon <link linkend="viewmode"
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>view modes</link
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>, which can include thumbnail preview images of file contents. File and folder properties can easily be examined and changed and applications launched with a simple click of the &LMB;.</para>
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<para
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><emphasis
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>&konqueror;</emphasis
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> is an <acronym
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>HTML</acronym
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> 4.01 compliant <link linkend="browser"
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>web browser</link
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> with built in support for JavaScript (ECMA-262), <acronym
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>CSS</acronym
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> (Cascading Style Sheets) and bidirectional scripts (such as Arabic and Hebrew). It provides support for the secure running of &Java; applets, &Netscape; plugins for viewing &Flash;, &RealAudio; and &RealVideo; and <acronym
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>SSL</acronym
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> for secure communications. Advanced features include automatic &URL; and form completion, the ability to import bookmarks from other browsers and tabbed browsing. </para>
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<para
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><emphasis
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>&konqueror;</emphasis
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> is also an excellent full featured <link linkend="ftp"
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>FTP</link
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> client.</para>
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<para
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><emphasis
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>&konqueror;</emphasis
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> is a universal viewing application, capable of displaying images and documents without having to launch another application. It does this by embedding components (&kde; Parts) provided by other applications; from &kview; for image viewing, &kdvi; for <acronym
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>DVI</acronym
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> viewing, &kghostview; for &PostScript; documents and from the various &koffice; applications for their document types. </para>
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<para
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><emphasis
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>&konqueror;</emphasis
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> is a fully customisable application which anyone can <link linkend="config"
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>configure</link
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> to suit their own needs, from changing the overall style and the sizes of text and icons to selecting which items appear in the Menubar, changing the number and positions of the toolbars and even defining new shortcut key combinations. Different configuration <link linkend="save-settings"
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>profiles</link
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> can be saved for easy recall as needed. </para>
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</chapter>
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