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With Google Chrome you can set ANY website to become a desktop application. Making a website a desktop application is helpful because it takes the website out of your browser so you can’t lose it in a sea of tabs and you get the added bonus of more space to see the site because you don’t see any of your tool bars from the browser.
I use this for my to-do list manager, my calendar and my gmail. Set one up for yourself in three easy steps.
- Navigate Google Chrome to the site you want to ‘app-lify’.
- Click on the icon to the right of the url bar that looks like a page and choose the first option “Create Application Shortcuts”.
- You will then decide where you want the shortcut to placed either the desktop, as a quick launch icon and/or the start menu.
Ta-Da!!! You are done. Enjoy your new Apptastic shortcuts.
