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Introducing Workspaces in Edge | New feature
It is gone.
Microsoft use this for a totally different scenario: share tabs within groups
https://twitter.com/MSEdgeDev/status/1580264087849619456 A shared set of browser tabs where everyone can view the same websites and latest working files in one place to stay on the same page. Raise your hand if you're excited about Workspaces 🙋‍:female_sign: 🙋🙋‍:male_sign:https://t.co/o6EAUcphHD https://t.co/myj2r5f3fG" / Twitter
- Well, sharing workspace is an option. But you can still use them personally, can't you? So, it looks like it is back.
I can see this new Enable Workspaces flag now on the latest Edge build version 107.0.1418.8 (Official build) dev (64-bit), turned it on, but no Workspaces feature that I can see. Anyone got it working?
edge://flags/#edge-workspaces
- I'd have to find it again, but I saw the official launch announcement video, & it seems that (for now) the release is limited to specific business users entering into a beta testing phase. Microsoft is apparently planning to release it to the general public soon:trade_mark: sometime early next year, from the sounds of it.
- Well, at least we have closure, I guess. I was really hoping they'd bring it back. I'm sure this new feature will be a godsend for a lot of people, but it's odd that it's wearing the face of our cancelled feature.
AlienNation It looks like the use case from the former (circa 2020) preview is still valid.
Please provide feedback in-app (and continue discussions here) once you get a chance to try it out!
From Microsoft Edge Workspaces (Public Preview); 12 October 2022:
Edge Workspace scenarios
The following are key scenarios for using Edge Workspaces in your organization.
- ...
- If an individual is working on multiple projects, they can create a workspace to organize the open tabs they have for each project. Whenever they want to work on that project, they can easily open its Edge Workspace and have everything they need in one place.
That page also includes a seven-minute embedded YouTube video explaining Edge Workspaces.
From Getting started with Microsoft Edge Workspaces (public preview); undated:
Edge Workspaces can be used both individually or as a group to help manage projects and keep websites and files in one place. For example:
...
If you're working on multiple projects, you can create an Edge Workspace to organize the open tabs you have for each one. Whenever you want to work on a project, just open the project’s Edge Workspace and you’ll have all your websites and working files open in one place.
The shared version of workspaces only appears to be currently available to business users, at least for now - the sharing functionality appears to be facilitated by Azure AD and the SharePoint backend of OneDrive for Business (and perhaps some Substrate stuff on the backend as well?).
Enabling the feature:
- There appears to be a group policy setting (version 107 or later; EdgeWorkspacesEnabled) to enable this, as well as a command-line flag (#edge-workspaces).
- Additionally, the following url for an in-browser flag is mentioned by the first quoted page: edge://flags#edge-workspaces.
The time to provide feedback and help mould this into a useful feature for the broadest possible audience is now, while it is still in development. (Once a feature makes it into the default channel, it's much harder to change things work without impacting lots of users, of course.)
- Jim
P.S. Don't forget about positive feedback, too!
Does anyone was able to turn this ON yet? Please post step by step instructions!
AlienNation I've been using Workspaces Browser Extension, along with Tabs Aside. If M'soft won't do it, I found a workaround.
