Internet Explorer 9 was released with many innovative and exciting features, and was probably the first version of IE to receive high praise from the majority of the technology community. One of the useful features among them is the ability to pin a website to the taskbar. This new feature helps you get one-click access to your favorite websites right from the Windows 7 taskbar along with notifications. (Want to pin apps and folders to the taskbar? See this – How to pin any app or folder to the Windows 7 taskbar.)
Here’s everything you want to know about the “pinned sites” feature.
How to pin a website
There are two ways to pin a website on the taskbar. Both are more or less the same and only take a few seconds to complete.
Method 1: Drag the Favicon
Go to the website you want to pin on your taskbar. Once the page loads successfully, drag the site’s favorite icon on your taskbar and drop it when you see the faint pin icon hovering around.
Method 2: Drag Tab
Instead of dragging the favorite icon, you can simply drag and drop the website tab on the taskbar to pin your website.
How to unpin a website from the taskbar
You can unpin websites from the taskbar the same way you unpin any application. Right-click the pinned website on the taskbar that you want to remove and click Unpin this program from taskbar.
Advantage
1. It helps you get one-click access to your favorite websites right from the taskbar.
2. For most websites, you can get update notifications right on your taskbar without opening the web page. For example, a pinned Facebook page will notify you whenever you have a new message, notification or friend request with a red star on the pinned icon, while for Gmail the user will be shown the number of unread inboxes.
3. If the website you’ve pinned to the taskbar has some media content, you can control it with the play/pause button right from the page preview.
My judgment
I’m not a huge fan of Internet Explorer and prefer Google Chrome as my default browser, but if you like the old browser, it’s a great way to get one-click access to your favorite websites and get updates right on your desktop. Make sure you only pin what’s necessary, or your taskbar will become a mess. ????
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