May 20 2021 08:48 AM
Hi,
Recently, I pinned Google Translate page to my Windows taskbar via Edge.
After a while, I have opened pinned Google Translate, but I have seen the URL of page has been not true.
I pinned
https://translate.google.com/?hl=fa
but Edge has saved it:
https://translate.google.com/?lfhs=2
The query string ?hl=fa has been changed to ?lfhs=2 ...!
I unpinned it and re-pinned it again. Nothing has changed.
I am using Edge Version 90.0.818.62 (Official build) (64-bit) on Windows 10 Version 21H1 (OS build 19043.985)
May 21 2021 12:07 AM
Maybe because Google Translate site has a PWA manifest. It can be seen in DevTools->Application->Manifest. Its start url is "/?lfhs=2". Though pinned icon is not working as a PWA, it is probably handled with same mechanism as PWA.
(PWA seems not to allow user defined start page, it opens its own start url. Similar problem is on YouTube or any PWA)
Blocking manifest.json (with ad-blocker) and then pin to taskbar seems to avoid this issue. No problem on my end, so far.
May 22 2021 02:53 AM