Pinned Sites Boost Website Use in IE9
The new Site Pinning feature in Internet Explorer 9 lets users add a shortcut to a site from any page of their own to sit on their Windows 7 task bar. In addition your site can add interactivity, like putting site-specific notifications, navigation in the Windows 7 jump list, and information in contextual menus that sit behind the icon.
Sites that have gone this extra step are seeing anywhere from a 15 percent to 50 percent increase in site visits, behavior that can be tracked back to a pinned site's increased visibility compared to bookmarks, which are usually kept hidden within a menu inside of the browser.
Pinned sites is a way to have your favorite sites at your fingertips through the Windows 7 Taskbar, simply by dragging the tab to the Taskbar. When a user drags a tab to either the left or the right, we treat this as Windows 7 Aero Snap to view tabs side-by-side.
For RC, you can now pin sites to the Taskbar regardless of your Taskbar location. You can continue to use tab Aero Snap by redoing the snap motion (the first one motion is treated as pinning to the Taskbar, the second time it is treated as Aero Snap for a side-by-side view).
Getting Started with Pinned Sites
You can pin your site, create jump lists, and add items to the Windows 7. You can give your Website have the same look and feel in Windows 7 as other applications. See How Do I: Create an Internet Explorer 9 Pinned Site in Windows 7?
Windows 7 Desktop Integration with Internet Explorer 9
Windows Internet Explorer 9 introduces pinned sites, a feature with which you can integrate your websites with the Windows 7 desktop. A pinned site is more than just a shortcut, however. With very little effort, developers can access features of the Windows 7 taskbar from their websites.
- Pinned Site Developer Documentation
- Introduction to Pinned Sites
- Pinned Sites: Windows 7 Desktop Integration with Internet Explorer 9
Download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate
You can download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. See Internet Explorer Downloads.
Bruce D. KyleISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation