On Saturday 15 January 2005 02:23 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: > Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror whenever it > starts, using KDE (GUI) only? > > My broadband ISP, Road Runner, is a cable operation. The following site, > "http://www.rr.com/flash/";, is its home page and can be set by me to > reflect the exact local news, local weather, and global headlines in which > I am interested. > > Under Windows, I can use Tools/Options/General/Home Page/Use Current Page > to open my browser to Road Runner's home page whenever I start > Mozilla-Firefox or any other browser. MY question is: Is there a "SIMPLE" > (meaning non-programming) KDE/GUI method, similar to Windows, to configure > Konqueror to open to Road runner's home page whenever I start Konqueror? > > I do not understand programming, and at my age I don't want to have to > start to learn it now. I would like to stop using Windows and I thought > KDE/GUI would allow me to continue using my computer without trying to > understand written commands, etc. That is the main reason I chose Mandrake. > > Is it possible to do what I want in Linux and specifically in Mandrake > 10.1? > > Thank you, Andy > > BTW I am beginning to think I like Konqueror better than Firefox. It's > appearance is cleaner, less clutter, and it is a lot faster. > > Also, the Road Runner start page using Windows has better fonts than when > using Konqueror. I am not certain but I think the fonts in RR start page > using Windows is Sans while the font when using Mandrake KDE is definitely > different and much harder for me to use. Also the contrast is poor. I don't > understand why this is true for Road Runner's home page under KDE - because > other sites I open while using Konqueror are OK. Is there a way to fix > this? > > Thanks, Andy you can go into "settings>configure Konqueror>behavior>and put in the URL of the home page you want where it has "URL" and a blank for fill in. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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