Internet Applications

The KDE desktop comes with a few Internet applications that are reasonably full featured. The main ones that most people will be interested in are Konqueror, the built-in Web browser, and KMail, the built-in email program.

Konqueror Web Browser

Konqueror is KDE's built-in Web browser. It behaves very much like Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Figure 20.11 shows the Konqueror Web browser.

Figure 20.11. The Konqueror Web browser.

The one non-standard menu item in the Menu bar is Location. However, it really serves the same function as the File menu you are used to in Internet Explorer and Netscape. From the ...

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