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Collections Suggestion: Copy/Paste to Collection
Jacques Van de Meerssche seems to be the main response to feature requests here... "other software does that", "you can get an extension for that", etc. I'm going to take this that edge just isn't going to be what I need. I liked Edge for the tracking prevention and potential upcoming set aside feature.
I was hoping collections would be more useful, though: search, clipboard access and OneDrive integration, etc. Instead, I was told to use OneNote. I liked the home screen, but wished the speed dial was also more useful (basically visual bookmarks, with search and folders). Instead, I was told to use a NTP extension.
After some looking around, I found a browser that has all of the things I'm looking for: tracking prevention, speed dial, session management (similar to Edge's set aside), and a more useful feature for collecting web content and viewing across devices.
Thanks for hearing my requests at least. Hopefully Edge's utility features improve over time.
You can already add notes, images, and links to collections. If you right-click an image, you can "Add to Collections" and it will be added like this:
What I'm suggesting:
- If you have a URL in your clipboard, pasting it will do the same thing as "Add current page", but loading it from the URL.
- If you have text in your clipboard, it will create a note entry just like if you clicked "Add note".
- If you have an image in your clipboard, it will add it like you see above. It could host the images on the user's machine (no MS account), in a dedicated folder in the user's OneDrive storage (with a MS account), or in the same place notes are hosted.
but it's just a thumbnail and a link to that image, not the actual image.
try clicking on the image, where does it open? on your Photo viewer software or in web browser tab? that's what i'm talking about.