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<img alt="Dolphin" title="Dolphin" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/10/dolphin.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />KDE 4, the next release of the popular Linux Desktop environment will, among other changes, no longer use the longtime file manager Konqueror by default, opting instead for the improved usability and enhanced browsing features of the [Dolphin file manager][2].
Before long time Konqueror power users freak out, keep in mind that Konqueror is not going anywhere, it will still be part of the KDE package, but by default Dolphin will be the file manager that gets launched from panel buttons and by apps requesting to open a file manager window.
Naturally you will be able to customize KDE 4 to change that behavior. Aaron Seigo one of the Dolphin developers [writes on his blog][1]:
>Konqueror is a power user's application that can not be fully replaced by something like dolphin (and vice versa). They have different use cases and different target audiences. Both are valid concepts and both will be sharing the vast majority of their code, sort of like how kwrite is little more than a shell around katepart.
That said, even longtime Konqueror users might want to investigate Dolphin since it looks to have some very nice enhancements not found in Konqueror.
Although a number of further improvements are planned for the KDE 4 version of Dolphin, the current KDE 3 version includes a very slick, Windows Vista-like navigation bar that allows for quickly jumping around in the path (each part of the URL path is clickable) as well as allowing for directly typing file paths in the url bar.
Other noteworthy features in Dolphin include split pane windows (also a feature in Konqueror) and sidebars which can be hidden, tiled and moved to any position.
Both Dolphin and KDE 4 have a ways to go before they're ready for the general public, but as kind of preview the Dolphin team released the screenshot below showing some of the new features slated for the next release.
[1]: http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2007/02/konqueror-not-vanishing-news-at-11.html "konqueror not vanishing. news at 11."
[2]: http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/index.html "Dolphin File manager"
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