On Saturday, October 19, 2013 17:57:17 Martin Koller wrote: > What is the advantage of having ark at all ? > konqueror/dolphin can already open at least tar/(gz, bzip) and zip files > directly and there you have all the functionality you are discussing > currently (e.g. viewing the file according to defined association, right > click menu, everything one would expect ... > I don't know the drawbacks, so please enlighten me.
They are not mutually exclusive, some people prefer integrated apps, such as Dolphin opening archives like directories, others prefer a special unzipping application. People who want that can use this function in Dolphin, people who prefer the separate zipping app use Ark. Cheers, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9
