“There has to be a better way,” Alex whispered to the glowing screen.
Click the (menu) in the top-right corner.
This method uses the Microsoft Edge browser to "install" Gmail as a Progressive Web App (PWA). This separates Gmail from your browser tabs and gives it its own icon on the taskbar.
They typed mail.google.com into Edge. Logged in. Then they clicked the (Settings and more) in the top-right, hovered over Apps , and selected Install this site as an app .
Then they looked at the taskbar. The Gmail icon sat there, but it was temporary—part of the running app, not pinned.
Every time Alex needed to email a client, it was a digital excavation. Click the tiny Chrome icon. Scan the sea of favicons. Click the right tab. Ping. A new email. Ping. Another. By 3 PM, the browser lagged. The fan on their Windows 11 PC whirred like a jet engine.