Windows 7 | Presenter Mode Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Microsoft Confidential
Sites can easily be pinned by users without any changes to your existing code – they can just drag the favicon in the address bar down to the task bar, and the site is pinned. Internet Explorer 9 will use the existing favicon as the icon for the app, and they’ll get the basic Pinned Site experience. Providing a basic experience is a good start, but customers will want to pin sites that integrate the best, so that they can interact with your site with the ease and familiarity of other Windows Applications. For example, providing Jump Lists is a quick way to get to frequently visited pages without first opening your browser. Adding icon overlays to provide notifications about how the status of an application has changed, or adding thumbnail preview controls available on the Windows 7 taskbar to provide quick control to your site. We’ll take a quick look at how you can enhance your Pinned Site experience with some simple code. Windows 7 | Presenter Mode Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Microsoft Confidential
Let’s take a look at what Internet Explorer does when a user pin’s a site. The first thing you’ll notice is that the website opens in it’s own window that’s isolated from any other instances of Internet Explorer that are running. Because the browser is running in Pinned Site mode, a new AppID is generated for that specific application – providing additional separation from other Internet Explorer windows. Any BHO’s or other toolbars are not enabled, helping to provide a more clean, streamlined experience. But most visible, the Pinned Site shares the same realestate as other Windows Applications, appearing on the task bar, and providing the same functionality as other Windows applications, like Jump Lists, custom icons, notifications and more. Pinned Sites easily co-mingle with other native Windows 7 applications. Windows 7 | Presenter Mode Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Microsoft Confidential