Bug#538144: Option "Open folders in new windows" is BROKEN, rendering konqueror unsuitable for purpose

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@gcc.gnu.org>]

Package: konqueror
Version: 4:4.2.4-1
Severity: important

Under "Settings"/"Configure Konqueror...", under "File Management", there is an option
called "Open folders in separate windows".  I have had this option on since day one.
It is absolutely essential -- I cannot comfortably browse files without it.

It just broke.  Now folders open in the same window despite the option being set.

What's worse, dolphin doesn't even have this option.  Although someone lied to me
about that -- see bug 532883.

Please fix this promptly.  I will have to switch to another desktop environment if
this is not fixed very, very soon.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (499, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages konqueror depends on:
ii  kdebase-bin            4:4.2.4-1         core binaries for the KDE 4 base m
ii  kdebase-data           4:4.2.4-1         shared data files for the KDE 4 ba
ii  kdebase-runtime        4:4.2.4-2         runtime components from the offici
ii  kdelibs5               4:4.2.4-1         core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii  libc6                  2.9-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libkonq5               4:4.2.4-1         core libraries for Konqueror
ii  libkonqsidebarplugin4  4:4.2.4-1         Konqueror sidebar plugin library
ii  libqt4-dbus            4.5.1-2           Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-qt3support      4.5.1-2           Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 
ii  libqt4-xml             4.5.1-2           Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4             4.5.1-2           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.5.1-2           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.0-5           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.1-1         X11 client-side library
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages konqueror recommends:
ii  dolphin                       4:4.2.4-1  file manager for KDE 4
ii  konqueror-nsplugins           4:4.2.4-1  Netscape plugin support for Konque

Versions of packages konqueror suggests:
pn  konq-plugins                  <none>     (no description available)

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