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