--- konqhtml/appearance.cpp.old 2006-08-25 00:42:08.000000000 +0200
+++ konqhtml/appearance.cpp     2006-08-25 00:43:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -347,7 +347,10 @@
     //kdDebug(0) << "encoding = " << encodingName << endl;

     updateGUI();
-    emit changed(false);
+    if (m_pConfig->readDefaults())
+       emit changed(true);
+    else
+       emit changed(false);
 }

 void KAppearanceOptions::defaults()