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rgrosberg
Jan 16, 2020Copper Contributor
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...
HotCakeX
Jan 16, 2020MVP
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
rgrosberg
Jan 17, 2020Copper Contributor
Really?! I’ll check it out!
- HotCakeXJan 17, 2020MVPCool 😉
- rgrosbergJan 17, 2020Copper Contributor
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...
- HotCakeXJan 17, 2020MVPYou're welcome, hopefully we will see a Linux port soon 🙂
umm what do you mean by saving a site as an app?
the option to "install a site as an app" only pins that website to the start menu and desktop and also loads that website in a minimal UI. but it's still a website, not an app.
you could call it a PWA which stands for progressive web app but still no installation required 🙂