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disposablename on April 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)

IE10/11 let you pin any website to the taskbar with its own icon, complete with notification overlays: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg491738(v=vs.85).a...

lerpa on April 11, 2017 [–]

Same for Chrome: http://www.geekpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Chrome-Mor...

Probably Firefox also has this.

SlySherZ on April 11, 2017 | [–]

I can confirm for Firefox. Right click the tab -> Pin Tab. It shows up as a symbol only (hides the title) leftmost tab and never goes away.

Here's more info, with images of how it looks like: https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Learn-the-Basics-get-started/...

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