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David Rubino
Iron Contributor
Aug 19, 2019

What we're hearing from you

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.   Hello insiders, we’re listening!   Over these past months w...
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jp144
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2019

David Rubino Dear Dave, Edgium is not ready for primetime in the consumer space without "pin to start menu".

 

I'm subscribed to the Dev and Canary channels of Edgium and use them regularly at home.  While it looks promising I simply won't switch from Edge to Edgium without "pin to start menu".  Why?

 

1) I don't like cluttering up my taskbar.  

 

2) But more importantly... Microsoft has spit directly in our faces concerning almost everything consumer facing (except maybe XBox) for about 5 years straight now.  As a result consumer focused developers have fled the Windows platform, as if it were a leper, leaving the MS Store less and less a place where we can go for consumer focused apps. 

 

For example instead of being able to run Intuit's Mint product using an app... because Intuit pulled it from the MS Store back in 2015... like I can do on an iPhone... and iPad... a Samsung phone... or a Samsung tablet... I am forced to use their crappy/clunky website instead.  But not wanting to switch over to an iPad, I reluctantly have mint dot com pinned to my Start menu, and have resigned myself to using the web site shortcut.  I have tried Edgium's "install this site as an app" for use with Mint.  It does NOT work well.  Mint has not made a PWA version of their site and probably never will.  It is not an "app" it's a "site".  I know the difference, I build web-apps professionally, and Mint dot com is not a bloody app!  

 

Bottom line... don't rub salt in our wounds.  If we can't have real "apps" for things like most operating system's since oh... 2005 have had... then for crying out loud don't take away our "pin to start menu".

 

 

 

 

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Aug 20, 2019

    I'm perfectly aware of the difference between PWAs and sites. Still my suggestion is correct.
    it says "install this Site As an app", Not "install this app". the browser is smart enough to tell the difference between PWAs and sites, too.

    what do you mean by it does not work well? AFAIK it doesn't have any bugs/problems.

    I have pinned PWAs and normal sites altogether to my start menu without ANY problem. there is No need for end-users to know whether a site is a site or it actually is a PWA, the browser takes care of it automatically.

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