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rgrosberg
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Jan 16, 2020
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Pin to desktop - Open as application

Hi, One thing I really love about chrome is the ability to pin a page to the desktop (which is now available in edge) but to open it as an application - so it has its own window, its own icon such t...
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    HotCakeX
    Jan 16, 2020

    Hirgrosberg 

     

    You can do it

     

     

    and then you will get a nice UI that is minimal and separate from the browser. Twitter launches like an app

     

     

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HotCakeX
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Jan 16, 2020

Hirgrosberg 

 

You can do it

 

 

and then you will get a nice UI that is minimal and separate from the browser. Twitter launches like an app

 

 

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    rgrosberg
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 17, 2020
    Really?! I’ll check it out!
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      HotCakeX
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      Jan 17, 2020
      Cool 😉
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        rgrosberg
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 17, 2020

        HotCakeX 

        So first of all, it works!!! thanks! you just made my life a whole lot better, just need edge to also work on ubuntu 🙂

        Now Microsoft needs to fix the following issues:

        1. it's not intuitive to do it from the apps menu

        2. When using the pinning wizard, you don't get that option

        3. After an application has been pinned, it does not let you save it as an app... 

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