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OMG - They DO listen! Pin it right on
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
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.
My view is that pinned sites should not appear as apps or be added to the Start list.Absolute agree. I also think adding website shortcuts to Taskbar is a wrong user habit that should be discouraged by professional developers like Edge team given large variety of tasks performed by a typical PC.
Desktop Taskbar is for most often used and currently open apps. Adding webpage shortcuts to it causes unneeded clutter. Browser Favs Bar is for most often opened websites. Placing their links anywhere else doesn't provide faster access. Next site also faster to open from a New Tab Dial or Favs Bar then from Start Menu or Taskbar.
Would you share how many websites and for what reason do you have pinned namely to Taskbar? 😉
IMHO the devs should collect telemetry on browser feature usage stats, and actively remove seldom used features, at least from common access places to easy clutter.
sambul95 There are many different ways that individuals work and what they work with also differs. From just the people around me, some people rely on Start to access tools. Others pin many things to the desktop. Others keep many open tabs in the browser. Others, like me, use the taskbar as a quick launch.
Most of my working day is spent in Outlook, Word or Excel. I don't have active browser windows for a large percentage of the day. From time to time I need or want to take a quick look at something in a browser window, which I then close. Examples would be operational dashboards or a weather site.
For my particular work environment and way of working, when using an item pinned to the taskbar one click takes me straight to the site I need. I keep my taskbar on top and disable autohide. For me, other approaches take more clicks.
Bookmark in Browser - click to open browser, click to open bookmark. Actually usually two clicks since I organize my bookmarks in folders.
Desktop - click to get to the desktop if the shortcut is behind my active window, click to open the shortcut.
Start Menu - click to open the start menu, click to open the shortcut (tile).
While there may be other approaches or shortcuts, this is what works for me. And to address the other part of your question, I have about five items pinned to the taskbar and have used this feature in Internet Explorer, Edge Legacy and now Edge Canary.
In my view the browser is like any other application which I can pin to the taskbar, such as Word, Excel or Outlook.
