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Chrome Create Application Shortcut option removed, here is a workaround

I use a few web apps like Todoist and Dynalist. One of the things I do in chrome is create an “application shortcut” which basically creates a “webapp” in the sense that you get a desktop shortcut and a browser windows with no address bar/navigation buttons and it’s on Icon/Favicon.   Unfortunately it looks like this option has been removed/obscured. I’m not sure why, it was a great feature...

How to force the use of the Skype for Business Web App for Meeting Join? Just append this to the meeting URL ?sl=1

 
If for whatever reason you want to force Skype for Business to join in the web browser experience rather than “popping” the full client, you can do the following
Copy the URL from the meeting invite:

 
Paste the URL and append ?sl=1

 
The meting will not pop the full client and you can install the small plugin for a full audio/video experience
 

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