Introducing Workspaces in Edge | New feature

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@HotCakeX

I can absolutely confirm that workspaces has been removed as of Edge 97 production release as I've been using it since it was put into beta and recommending it to many others. I had dozens of Workspaces which incredibly improved my productivity. Workspaces WAS THE BEST new feature of Edge and the whole reason I and many others I demoed it to switched from Chrome to Edge.

The last few years has seen one bad decision after another at Microsoft:

1. Throwing away the best new feature (Workspaces) in Edge. Yes, I realize it was an experimental feature however simply removing it without ANY COMMUNICATIONS with the community AT ALL shows the shear hubris going on in Redmond.

1. Making it very difficult for customers to switch away from Edge (Windows 11)

1. Adding the Shopping in Microsoft Edge 'feature' (COUPONS FOUND!) and enabling it BY DEFAULT.

1. Releasing Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and Office 2021 to all EXCEPT those of us who are in the Microsoft Partner Programs and pay thousands of dollars a year for the 'privilege'. Again, NO COMMUNICATIONS to the partner community about this action. Microsoft Partner support simply closes any support ticket opened about this.

1. Zero new innovative developments in Hyper-V and many other client and server areas important for small to medium businesses, developers and IT Pros.

I could go on and on but I regress from the topic at hand...

Solution:

For those in the same boat this is what I did to stay productive and have 99% of the functionality which Workspaces provided:

1. Rollback Edge to version 96.0.1054.62 temporarily:

https://pureinfotech.com/rollback-previous-version-microsoft-edge/

1. Install the Tab Porter extension in Edge:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-porter-export-restore/hjbdgionekajacbeocbgopledpkegkmo

1. Open each of your Edge Workspaces and export them using Tab Porter.

1. Switch to Chrome and install both the Workspaces and Tab Porter extensions:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/workspaces/hpljjefgmnkloakbfckghmlapghabgfa

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-porter-export-restore/hjbdgionekajacbeocbgopledpkegkmo

1. While in a blank Chrome window, Import each of your Edge Workspaces using Tab Porter then save it in the Workspaces extension by clicking +NEW and giving it a name. Rinse and repeat for all your other Workspaces.

Regards,

Joseph Worrall

Lakewood Communications

Port Townsend, WA