I find the Konqueror File manager and Web Browser rolled into one quite useful..The right amount of tweaking should remove your annoyances..I mean, how many times I have switched between tabs containing my home folder and websites. Information lookup from the harddrive and using the same with some websites is a snap..This ironically was one of the reasons for my switch to kde from gnome. I couldnt use nautilus for quick web sessions. Of course konqueror does need some touch ups..
I find the Konqueror File manager and Web Browser rolled into one quite useful..The right amount of tweaking should remove your annoyances..I mean, how many times I have switched between tabs containing my home folder and websites. Information lookup from the harddrive and using the same with some websites is a snap..This ironically was one of the reasons for my switch to kde from gnome. I couldnt use nautilus for quick web sessions. Of course konqueror does need some touch ups..