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josh_bodner
Former Employee
Jun 25, 2019

Dev channel update to 77.0.197.1 is live

Hello Insiders!  Today we released build 77.0.197.1 to the Microsoft Edge Dev channel.  We’ve got some new features, many of which you’ve seen over the past week in Canary and have been eagerly waiti...
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PiecesOf8
Brass Contributor
Jun 25, 2019

josh_bodner So now that you PiecesOf8

josh_bodner wrote:

 

New features and behavior: 

  • Changed the ability to pin a website to the desktop into the ability to pin a website to the taskbar.

Now that this "feature" has been introduced, how does one pin a website to the desktop? Being able to create a shortcut on the desktop was far more useful than being able to pin to the taskbar because the shortcut could be moved to different locations.

Why was the ability to pin a website to the desktop removed? Who asked for it to be removed?

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JordanQ
Iron Contributor
Jun 27, 2019

PiecesOf8 Yes, why shouldn't pinning to taskbar and desktop both be options? And Start menu, too. A user may want to pin a website to any of these three places, depending on his or her own usage or or workflow system. In sum, you Edge should let you pin a website or web app anywhere you can pin a Windows app.

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Jun 27, 2019

    JordanQ 

    Rt Clk on any app listed on Start & there is NO pin to desktop!  And here's all the apps & there is no pin to desktop for any


    Putting shortcuts for stuff all over a desktop is not pinning, it's creating (silly, unnecessary) shortcuts. Shortcuts are not pinning.  Pinning is not creating shortcuts.

    Cheers,
    Drew


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