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Edge Insider feature request - Pin to Start
Drachenboot wrote:I use for my father’s pc the full screen start menu and have pined all his programs and Websites that he normally uses.
I wonder why not pin frequently used websites to Edge New / Home Tab tiles or Favorites Bar rather then mix up installed programs with web page links in Start Menu? As the list of installed programs and apps grows, it can get unmanageable and hard to navigate fast.
Why not open a few frequently used websites at once as a session? Combine it with The Great Suspender extension to render only focused tab at the session launch. One can also choose in Edge Settings to open last used tabs as a session at browser launch.
But if a website shortcut is a live tile, it might make sense to add it to live tiles area of Start Menu.
You see it as an experienced IT user.
My father uses 3-5 programs and the rest are websites and even that are few. For this the big start menu is excellent as a dashboard with which he can achieve anything he wants.
Elliot Kirk
Yes, i mean Pin a specific URL as tile that will launch Edge with that URL.
This function is currently in the old Edge (see screenshot)
But what i like from the new "pin to Desktop" is the new dialog to change the Pin description.
It would be great if we also got this dialogue for "pin to start".
The old Edge always took the name automatically from HTML tag <title>, which is not always ideal.
Drachenboot wrote:You see it as an experienced IT user.
My father uses 3-5 programs and the rest are websites and even that are few. For this the big start menu is excellent as a dashboard with which he can achieve anything he wants.
I respect your point of view, but you might shown your father the wrong habit. There is no advantage in browser launch speed, when opening a website from Start Menu compare to New Tab / Home page tile. But there's a big advantage in work flow, i.e. PC use culture, when proper methods are used to accomplish proper tasks. Try empowering your farther with this way to think, and suddenly he'll start using and installing other software more often. You'll overcome this way natural hesitance of some older folks in using tech. :)sambul95 and Drachenboot , I disagree with the assessment that "you might [have] shown your father the wrong habit." It is 100% correct to use a functionality released by Microsoft. That is precisely why Microsoft releases functionality: to be used. However, nowadays Microsoft reserves the right to "break old practices" whenever they want. The "wrong" is on Microsoft's insane pace of change and lack of continuity for functionality. Not on user for using the software. Cheers!
- No, how about you respect the voice of the CUSTOMER? I am a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. I understand processes. I also understand that the VOC drives processes. The more efficient flow for Me is to have everything I use frequently on the START Menu. That's where I want web sites pinned, too. I'm not budging on this.
Robert Wade wrote:
No, how about you respect the voice of the CUSTOMER?Hi Robert_Wade,
I'm an Edge user just like you. And in fact suggested exactly what you ask, and more. The difference is, I don't demand anything since its unethical, counterproductive, and pure choice. What I found Edge team is quite responsive to reasonable suggestions, not only in replies, but more important in factual changes to the browser time permitting. But... they don't have to.
Meanwhile, I don't ask you to change or review your habits. Its your choice. But imagine that other folks have their own views and habits too, and share them on the board. You prefer Tablet view, but I find it counterproductive while using a PC. Stay cool. :)
