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Tab preview in taskbar
Alex Carlock wrote:HotCakeX Holding Shift and clicking on Edge/Edge Beta gets me a new window. It doesn't display all of my currently open tabs in a preview.
Yes but since you said you don't like to use tabs then you can open each tab/website in a new window to be easier to recognize.
HotCakeX Oh, I must not have been clear. I love using tabs. I typically open a new browser window and perform a search (say for Windows support), and I open each result I want to look at in a new tab. Then I open a new browser window to search for another topic (say OneNote help), and open each result I want to look at in a new tab. Repeat the process for what ever else I'm working on. This way each window is a different topic with multiple tabs for each result.
In IE, if I were to do that in one browser window, each new tab that's opened from another tab automatically gets the same color as the "parent tab". That doesn't seem to happen in Edge Beta. after enabling the option you suggested above, I have to manually click tabs and add them to a group. Also, if I move a tab left or right, it looses the tab group/color. Am I missing something? That doesn't seem as helpful as the old IE method (which because of my color deficiency wasn't as helpful for me as it may be for other people).
- My task bar apps previews used to show all open windows until recently. Not sure what caused it to only show last used tab or window. Could it have been most recent Windows 10 Pro update ?? Guess I should try reversing that update ?? Could reversing mess up other actual improvements for my system ?? It would be very useful to be able to pcik just the part or parts of the update to reverse.
Okay guys, that's it. Thanks for all the pros and cons. But let's get back to topic. 😉
I just wanted to tell MS that they pleeeease bring back both tab previews: the one IN EDGE C. on the top of the window and the one ON WINDOWS TASKBAR at the bottom of my screen. Regardless which one is more cool, more nice, more whatever. Fact is, if you use one of those, you're more productive than without. If you don't need it, you don't care if it's there.- Someone? oh who? o.o
anyway, the point is that multiple desktops are overkill for someone that only wants to see tab thumbnails. it's called multiple desktops for a reason.
also using multiple desktops does not reveal the contents of each tab, which is what Alex was looking for.
so with all of that said, multiple windows do exactly the same as multiple desktops, in this situation. Alex Carlock
Apples & oranges:
Alex, I'm sorry someone is trying to tie thumbnails at the taskbar with multiple desktops; has nothing to do with each other! I, already, covered that thumbnails there is an IE thing not, Edge. BUT, the Edge thing IS thumbnails at the browser tabs themselves (top of browser window). THAT is what we have wanted continued with Edge C.
Fact remains multi desktops is super-helpful & wonderful for being organized!
Cheers,
Drewit still won't show contents of each tab, so instead of multiple desktops, you can hold shift and open multiple windows.
multiple windows instead of multiple desktops.
Alex Carlock if you want to go for multiple desktops method, you're gonna want to set both of these options to "all desktops"
it will be more convenient and the experience will be seamless
Alex Carlock
Alex, a tip:
With multiple desktops > Settings. Put Multitasking in the search box. You want the taskbar to show/highlight THAT desktop, BUT, Alt+Tab shows everything across all desktops... makes workflow & navigating ideal. The number of desktops is unlimited. And via taskview things can be assign where you want them & or moved & told whether to show in all desktops or not.
Cheers,
Drew- It's All fine, nothing to be sorry about, arguments and talks are necessary 🙂
you're welcome, i hope tab groups see more improvements in the future, right now Microsoft is doing exactly what Google is doing to chrome, they got to step up their game and make tab groups more useful like in IE - Yeah tab previews or thumbnails are very useful, i have no idea why they haven't added it to Edge insider yet, it's been on Google chrome for a long time.
multiple desktops umm..it'd work but it's kinda an overkill imo. Drew1903 I'm sorry if I've sounded argumentative with HotCakeX. That wasn't my intent. She's been helpful, and I appreciate her ideas and showing me options.
My request aside, I definitely agree that the tab previews available in Edge should be ported into Edge Beta.
I haven't used different desktops before because I didn't feel they'd work for my work style, but maybe I should take another look at them.
HotCakeX, thanks for the information about tab groups being experimental. I was wondering why I had to dig so deep to enable them. This sheds light on that.
Alex Carlock
Hi Alex,
I'm not caring to jump into the arguments y'all are having with a person here. But, you or someone said something in all of it about "organized" and you said, "This way each window is a different topic with multiple tabs for each result."
It's made me think to mention and advocate using multiple desktops because each one can have a specific 'interest'. This has made computing, for me, extra-nice ever since this ability was introduced. Soon Users will be able to name them, too.
Can't pull IE stuff into the future. BUT, Edge gives a thumbnail for each tab at/in/on the browser, itself (not taskbar). Edge C does not and THAT is what we have been asking since April to have continued with Edge C, as well.
Cheers,
Drew
Alex Carlock wrote:HotCakeX Oh, I must not have been clear. I love using tabs. I typically open a new browser window and perform a search (say for Windows support), and I open each result I want to look at in a new tab. Then I open a new browser window to search for another topic (say OneNote help), and open each result I want to look at in a new tab. Repeat the process for what ever else I'm working on. This way each window is a different topic with multiple tabs for each result.
In IE, if I were to do that in one browser window, each new tab that's opened from another tab automatically gets the same color as the "parent tab". That doesn't seem to happen in Edge Beta. after enabling the option you suggested above, I have to manually click tabs and add them to a group. Also, if I move a tab left or right, it looses the tab group/color. Am I missing something? That doesn't seem as helpful as the old IE method (which because of my color deficiency wasn't as helpful for me as it may be for other people).
Tab groups are experimental at the moment, that's why they are enabled using only flags, they obviously need more improvements, the logic behind them and how websites should be automatically put in proper groups etc. btw you can give name to each group too.
you're not missing anything, developers just need to take our feedbacks and improve the Tab Groups feature based on them.
