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Pining webpages to Win 10 Start
Right, i understand
I also agree with you, i think in the ellipsis menu -> more tools, there needs to be the option that you want added which is "pin to start menu", right above the "pin to taskbar"
oldlaurs155 Thanks for reaching out. and welcome to the MS Edge Insider community! I'd love to pass along your suggestion for the "pin to start" team. So that they have more info, can you give us more detail on exactly how this would help you (or others) with your productivity?
HotCakeX Thanks for the screenshots!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
I use Start as a home page similar to what an Android, iPhone, iPad, and Android tablet is used for. This allows me to set-up less skilled PC users an easy access to web pages for doing their banking, and health related on-line efforts. I work with a lot of seniors and they have problems with navigating through menus, I can organize the tiles into groups such as Finance, Health portals, Local community site,s etc. This eliminates having to dig down through a favorites menu, which tend to become cluttered.
For my personal productivity I also pin folders to Start, which gives direct access without going through File Explorer to a “third or fourth level” file folder. I also have a section for less used program shortcuts. This gets all the clutter off the Desktop and makes then more visable.
The image is my Start which has a number of duplicates because some cane with the conversion to Edge Chromium and then pinning after the installation. It has a lot of tiles but they can be grouped, organized, added, removed and moved easily with just mouse actions. The majority are Web pages. When Edge was first introduced the “Pin to start” was on the main More menu. This was easy and the terminology easily understood. This apparently was a carry over from Win 8 and 8.1 which was needed on the Metro screen. The current method of setting a web page as an App is very confusing and then requires additional steps. The taskbar and Favorites bar simply don’t have enough space for many shortcuts. My general recommendation to my students is 1. Use it more than once a week, Pin to Taskbar. 2. Use it once a month, Pin it to Start. 3. Less frequent sites can be in favorites. For the Finance sites this give a single clean page that I can close after use.
Larry Laursen
Surprise, AZ
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@oldlaurs155 Thanks for reaching out. and welcome to the MS Edge Insider community! I'd love to pass along your suggestion for the "pin to start" team. So that they have more info, can you give us more detail on exactly how this would help you (or others) with your productivity?
@HotCakeX Thanks for the screenshots!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Surprise, AZ
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@oldlaurs155 Thanks for reaching out. and welcome to the MS Edge Insider community! I'd love to pass along your suggestion for the "pin to start" team. So that they have more info, can you give us more detail on exactly how this would help you (or others) with your productivity?
@HotCakeX Thanks for the screenshots!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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I wanted to add to my previous reply. First sorry for the duplicate entry above. I am new to this forum.
The image of my start didn't show before, so am trying again.
Second I would like to add that the current operation to make a "site" and App defeats the convenience of the "Pin this page to Start" I much prefer pinning individual web pages than sites. I typically have 2-4 pages on a site that are most important to me and I wanted pinned to direct access. When making a App for the site one must than use the site navigation to get to the individual page which may be several clicks away. I have discovered that once a site is an App you can add pages on the site to Start.
oldlaurs155 Thank you for the details! I chatted with the team and they said they are actively tracking this feature suggestion and would pass along any updates if/when they have them!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft EdgeThanks for listening. To me Start has been bashed by many and the opp-out is to use the Desktop which doesn't offer the options of Start. I was just doing Tech Help in our community and people don't know about Start or how they can use it. They have shortcuts scattered all over the Desktop.
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