Edge Insider feature request - Pin to Start

Robert Wade
Iron Contributor
Jul 11, 2019
Drew1903

Sorry, but the Start Screen and, now, the Start Menu is where Tiles are. Microsoft gave us the ability--and encouraged this use--to pin our favorite sites as live tiles to the Start Screen and Start Menu. I MUCH prefer the visual organization, access and aesthetics of the things I use ALL being right there. As I said, ALL our devices are configured for Tablet Mode and Full Screen. All folders, etc., are removed from the Start Menu and nothing is pinned to the desktop or Task Bar. It's all on the Start Menu. THAT is what is most convenient and efficient for us.

So, I don't really care if someone thinks the only things that should exist on Start are apps. That's not how it was sold, and that's not the exclusive way we use it. The Start should be a central place that we can organize to immediately go to where we want to go, whether that's an app, a folder (yes, we pin a few folders there, too) or website. Just like we do on our phones. Consistency.

But it is just ridiculous that we have to essentially make an app out of a website and THEN pin it to Start. I KNOW the difference between a website and an app. I don't need the All Apps area cluttered with things that AREN'T apps. It confuses the issue...especially for those who haven't grown up with all these systems the way I did.
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Jul 11, 2019
  Robert Wade
  
  Robert,
  
  We will likely see Pin to start put in Edge C., soon. It is in Edge & many Users want that maintained. Everyone has differing ways of using the OS. It's a nice thing about Win10 that is oft more than one approach. Some don't have or use tiles, at all. Some don't bother > Start when there is, always access to the taskbar without > to an additional location or step. Some prefer not to change screens to access things. Some use the Applications window instead, of Start. We are in early test Builds with Edge C. There are many items missing, at this stage, but, they, including Pin to start, will appear with time & patience.
  
  And, you're right, and it's precisely the point... should not have to turn a site into an app; and you don't with Pin to start.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
Jacques Van de Meerssche
Iron Contributor
Jul 11, 2019
Drew1903 I also use Start Menu in full screen mode on my HP X360 2in1 but I am getting the impression that MS is trying to de-emphasize Tablet Mode and make it less convenient to use in many different ways, In this case by removing Pin to Start and make you go trough hoops if you want it anyway. Another example would be Sticky Notes. This app only runs in full screen since 1903 release preview making it absolutely useless for Tablet Mode users. MS has acknowledged the problem many months ago but has been quiet about it since then with no solution despite several Sticky Notes update releases.
Win 10 always had 2 modes, Desktop and Tablet. Some prefer Desktop mode and power to them. But that does not mean that other users that have 2in1's have to be forced into giving up their preference.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Jul 11, 2019
  Jacques Van de Meerssche
  
  Sure, a User can prefer & use full screen Start. That's quite irrelevant to a discussion about pinning. I would suggest pinning whatever wherever and the type of display used for Start are 2 different topics.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Jul 11, 2019
  Jacques Van de Meerssche
  
  Jacques,
  
  I'm afraid I must disagree about Sticky Notes being full screen only and I will let a photo speak for me... The size of its window is adjustable, same as any other. There is no obligation, at all, to run it full screen.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
  - Jacques Van de Meerssche
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 11, 2019
    Drew1903
    
    First picture shows Stick Note as it used to be in both modes. It can be resized and placed unobtrusively in a corner till needed. Second pic shows tablet mode in 1903. One can indeed use the slider to widen or narrow the window but no vertical resize at all, On top of that, once the slider is used to widen it to the full screen the slider disappears and no more resize is possible as seen in pic 3. The problem has been reported in Feedback hub by numerous users and has been officially been confirmed by Microsoft Sticky Notes developers in the same several months ago stating that there was no solution for now, No solution since then,Drew1903

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