![]() Today, we’re going to teach you how to turn any website in the world into a visual ‘app’ icon or ‘web application’ (frequently called a ‘shortcut’) that you can easily access to get the most out of your Chromebook!Ī web application or ‘web app’ for short is a piece of software that runs on a web server or a remote computer instead of being installed locally on your machine like traditional software applications. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. So does that mean that Chromebooks are just a web-browser in a box? Well, no. The same goes for your favorites or bookmarks – you could certainly mark these websites for later viewing and easy access, but they’re just text links and once you close the Chrome browser, they’re out of sight and out of mind. Chromebooks were intentionally designed without a traditional ‘desktop’ to store icons or programs on as it’s a redundancy, so how do you get your bearings? Sure, you could open the ‘Everything button’ and search for Facebook, Amazon, or any other website you normally visit, but once you close them, they’re gone. ![]() So, you just got your new Chromebook out of its box, turned it on, logged in, and then – nothing, huh? Where exactly do you go from that blank, soothing wallpaper you’re looking at? Maybe you’ve even had your Chromebook for quite some time feel the same way. ![]()
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