Dec 23 2019 04:06 AM - edited Dec 23 2019 04:10 AM
As Start Menu is to Windows, New Tab is to Edge (Browsers). Atleast All of us agree to this.
Having multiple new tabs is like opening multiple start menu in windows
So why don't have something like a start menu in edge instead of the new tab page. It should be flyout like the start menu in windows is.
This Feature could set it apart from other browsers.
I know that you guys could design better UI than I could photoshop
Those multiple new window buttons could be replace with somethings like setting, extentions, inprivate window etc
Dec 23 2019 11:05 AM
@HotCakeX Yes, May be pressing Alt key shows it. Just like Win key opens the start menu in windows
Dec 23 2019 07:49 PM
@Maan2003 This ain't gonna happen. But since you brought it up, a NTP modeled after the Windows 8 Start screen might actually work. Your quick links could be like live tiles, and populate with the same cool animation as when you opt to "use Start full screen" in Windows. But I would still make it a tab.
Dec 23 2019 09:52 PM - edited Dec 23 2019 09:53 PM
Currently ALT key is used to shift the focus to the Edge menu (ellipsis)
Dec 23 2019 10:02 PM
Dec 23 2019 10:43 PM
Dec 23 2019 10:51 PM
@JordanQ I think that you didn't get me.
Alert Box is like flyout/popup/overlay something like that. But it is not a tab.
Think of the Edge start menu to be like a large overlay ( like an alert box). It won't be a tab. It may not be full screen
Just like Windows 10 start menu is not a window it is flyout/overlay ( anybody please help me what is called? :grinning_face:)
Dec 23 2019 11:52 PM
@HotCakeX ok I didn't use it before.
May the could use left Alt (because it near the win key) for Start menu and right Alt / Alt Gr to set focus to the "..." menu. Or they could use some other key
Dec 24 2019 12:16 AM
@JordanQ Moreover what does a browser has to do with live tiles???
Just Ignore the contents
This kind overlay I was talking about (larger version). This doesnot look like a tab.
Dec 24 2019 01:06 AM
Dec 24 2019 01:31 AM
Dec 24 2019 01:48 AM
Also, The search bar ( "Type here to Search" ) in the top should be global search from favorites, history, downloads, settings, quick toggles, extentions ,etc should first priority, second edge help and community, third bing search/
Just Press Alt-Win key and start typing*
Dec 24 2019 08:27 AM
@Maan2003 Ehh I don't really think this is a great idea. My biggest concern is how do you open a page in a new tab vs in the current tab? The whole concept seems pretty unintuitive. And then, if you do open a new tab as you normally would, then what's supposed to happen? This really seems like un-needed complexity.
Dec 24 2019 08:51 AM
@EbonJaeger There can be a full page version of this which opens in a new tab.