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