> I can easily tell KDE4's
> Konqueror "open in tabs" when folders are selected, and it opens a new
> tab for each

I am not about tabs, but about windows.


> I assume it'd be easy to create .desktop files for the other special
> locations you'd want, like Trash and whatnot.  Naturally I haven't
> bothered since I generally use neither KDE4 nor the "desktop" on my
> laptop, but you know.

What the desktop file should be for storage media in KDE4? It it not like a physical folder.

KDE3.5 had pre-made desktop files for those locations including translations to other languages. So it you change the locale, ypu'll see the icon description in a new language.