Have you ever been looking for a quick and simple way to add IE 9 specific features to your website like the new site pinning or jumplist features that make your website look more like an application not a website. Do you use ASP.NET with your site design ? Want to be able to do all of this in less than five minutes ? You need pinify (formerly IE9ify). Pinify works great with just about all systems because it is based on JQuery allowing it to be inserted in practically any site in less than 5 minutes..
With Pinify you simply:
- install-package jquery.ie9ify
- $(‘head’).pinify();
- Run and Pin!
What is a pinned site ?
A pinned site allows your favicon to appear in the Windows Start Bar for easy access, like the following sites above..
What is a jumplist ?
A jumplist is like a site menu that appears in a pop-up on your start bar when hovering over so you can go directly to tasks or basic site functionality directly on the site.
Jumplists have been around for a while and seem to be a specific to Internet Explorer feature. I do find the customization for Windows operating systems very beneficial. Other browsers and operating systems do not seem to be supporting however.
Application Icons
In addition to the regular FavIcon there is a new size of icon supported to allow you to brand the web browser with your site’s logo. Linkedin.com and many other sites are already supporting this. You can also chose a site color for your forward and back button..
ASP.NET USERS Screencast for folks wanting to customize with IE 9 and ASP.NET..