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MissyQ
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MarinM
Jan 28, 2021Steel Contributor
I would really like to know what the planned alternative to set tabs aside is.
- ethanmenzelJan 28, 2021Steel ContributorI finally found the need for it and really wish they had it. For anyone who is confused it's for those tabs that you just do not want to close in order to close the browser
- HotCakeXJan 28, 2021MVPHi,
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https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/set-aside-tab-feature-collection-added-to-edge-insider-dev-and/m-p/1228062- MarinMJan 29, 2021Steel Contributor
I know you can add all tabs to a collection; this was introduced almost a year ago, but the status of "Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge" was updated to "Alternative planned" in November 2020, so Microsoft must be planning something more.
The current implementation of collections cannot replace set tabs aside because:
- The history for each tab is not saved in Collections. When I restore set aside tabs in Edge Legacy, I can use the back and forward buttons to go back to the next or previous page; this is not possible with Collections.
- Set tabs aside also saves the position on the page. This, and saving the history for each tab, means set tabs aside can be used to restore the browser to a previous state, as if the tabs were never closed; this cannot be done with collections.
- It takes many more clicks to achieve what Set Tabs Aside does with Collections. Setting tabs aside not only saves the tabs, but also closes them with just one click, making it easy to move onto another task in an uncluttered browser. It also restores the tabs and removes them from set aside tabs with just one click, making it easy to resume a task and removing the need to remember to delete tabs when the task is done.
Another thing which reduces the number of clicks needed is that with Edge Legacy, you can scroll sideways in a group of tabs set aside to see more tabs; with Collections in Chromium Edge, you have to open a collection to see more tabs, and then click a button to return to the list of collections to check another collection.
- HotCakeXJan 29, 2021MVPTo the best of my knowledge, that is the alternative thing that is planned. they referred to it as the alternative to set tabs aside (can't find the comment), they never talked about a 3rd thing.