I just updated Canary & 👀, someone DID listen. The (silly) Pin to Desktop is gone & YAY, Pin to taskbar IS there, now 👍👍 From & on behalf of myself & all the others who are pleased to see this (change), thanks. Have checked w/ each update, nice to see it happen. Pin it Right on, baby! 📌 Kudos to the Edge Build Team. Keep 'em coming...Cheers,Drew

Drew1903 We always do =D. Sometimes it just takes a little longer for specific features to be rolled out. Thank you, Drew and everyone for there feedback to help make improvements like this happen. Thanks, Frank

Having been wearing various Insider hats for a LONG time the title was tongue in cheek.And you're welcome. It's great to help work on this endeavor with the Edge Team towards a common goal.Cheers,Drew

ms4132 I'll just add a wee bit which I think supports what's been said. There are so many easy ways to navigate & access things in 10... drawing an implication out of Pin to taskbar that it means crowding it up with oodles of icons. No reason to suggest one breed the other, it doesn't. So, a specific site is pinned, on occasion and maybe, not even, going to be left or kept there forever. Certainly, we are not talking about putting a whole raft of sites there. But, more fundamentally, there is no need to have millions of icons on the taskbar initially irrespective of any pinned sites.Oh, yes, and the screen size isn't the point, laptop, PC, small or big monitor... as was said, there is no need to have a whole pile of icons on the taskbar, in the 1st place. And this is coming from Users conducting many activities on their machines simultaneously.As for the mentioned hoover vert Favs: The Favs Bar serves fine, for now. In the old IE days the Links toolbar could be used & it meant the Favs Bar could be hidden. But, Edge doesn't play nice with Links toolbar. Instead, we can easily open & close the Favs Bar (Ctrl+Shift+B), at the moment. I say at the moment because the Favs icon of Edge is, still, missing from Edge C. Ctrl+I will, also, do the same in Edge, but, has no effect in Edge C, right now. Once that icon & function with Favs (of Edge) is in Edge C viola, there will be of what you speak.The other place a vert list IS cool is the Desktop toolbar since it means desktop icons can Not show (Yay).And the notion oft suggested that pinning sites to the taskbar will create an overcrowded taskbar is a myth. If a person, really, wants to place heaps of icons there, make the taskbar wider & double row the suckers 😉Just a 2 cents, fwiw.Cheers,Drew

V-FRROME This is a nice improvement and I am glad to have Pin to Taskbar in Edge Canary. Two observations: In Edge Legacy, Pin to Taskbar is at the top level (one click below . . .), but in Edge Canary it is the second level (two clicks below . . .). This makes the option much less visible in Canary. My view is that it should be at the top level as it was in Legacy. Legacy Canary Apps & Pins I also observed some inconsistency in the use of "apps" and "apps and pins". My view is that apps and pins should be separate since they look and feel different. If the decision is to keep them together the "apps and pins" should be used consistently. Thank you for this improvement and for the continued interaction with the community.

V-FRROME Another observation. Although the pinned site opens as a normal browser tab instead of a a new "app" window, it appears that an app is still being created. This is indicated by the appearance of the pinned sites in the Recently Added and alphabetical listing of the Start menu. My view is that pinned sites should not appear as apps or be added to the Start list.

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johnjansen
Former Employee
Jun 22, 2019
Drew1903 remember, I told you I really appreciated the feedback and that we are working on that very scenario! :-)

We are going to continue to iterate on it as we get even more feedback from you all. It's so appreciated!

Thanks!

-John
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Jun 22, 2019
  John,
  
  Seems it needs to be mentioned that when a site is pinned to the taskbar it should NOT, also, show on the Start menu, as it is doing, now. It is supposed to ONLY show on the taskbar. Obviously, this behavior needs to be corrected. Thanks for understanding.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
  
  Sent from my Windows Phone
V-FRROME
Former Employee
Jun 21, 2019
Drew1903

We always do =D.

Sometimes it just takes a little longer for specific features to be rolled out.

Thank you, Drew and everyone for there feedback to help make improvements like this

happen.

Thanks,

Frank
- ms4132
  Iron Contributor
  Jun 21, 2019
  V-FRROME This is a nice improvement and I am glad to have Pin to Taskbar in Edge Canary.
  
  Two observations:
  
  In Edge Legacy, Pin to Taskbar is at the top level (one click below . . .), but in Edge Canary it is the second level (two clicks below . . .). This makes the option much less visible in Canary. My view is that it should be at the top level as it was in Legacy.
  
  Legacy
  
  Canary
  
  Apps & Pins
  
  I also observed some inconsistency in the use of "apps" and "apps and pins". My view is that apps and pins should be separate since they look and feel different. If the decision is to keep them together the "apps and pins" should be used consistently.
  
  Thank you for this improvement and for the continued interaction with the community.
  - ms4132
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 21, 2019
    V-FRROME Another observation.
    
    Although the pinned site opens as a normal browser tab instead of a a new "app" window, it appears that an app is still being created. This is indicated by the appearance of the pinned sites in the Recently Added and alphabetical listing of the Start menu. My view is that pinned sites should not appear as apps or be added to the Start list.
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Jun 21, 2019
  Having been wearing various Insider hats for a LONG time the title was tongue in cheek.
  
  And you're welcome. It's great to help work on this endeavor with the Edge Team towards a common goal.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew

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