Where have the pen icon in Microsoft Edge gone?

Anonymous
2020-02-14T01:15:55+00:00

Good evening.

After this last updating of Microsoft Edge, the pen icon is missing. I like to save and write on my Web pages. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Thank you

Microsoft Edge | Website issues | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-31T17:43:18+00:00

    Exactly, especially when the pen had been active and in use for 2 years. For sknw reason this update disnt edfect surface users but only users with non surface windows laptops. Why sell a function you obsolete with an update.

    unfathomabl. My Hp Spextre cost as much as Surface if not more than moat with HP is now rensered uselss.

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  2. Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-10-31T11:28:01+00:00

    Alright, no worries.

    Part 1:

    1. Open edge://flags
    2. Search for Experimental web platform flag.
    3. Enable the same.
    4. Restart the browser.

    Part 2:

    1. After that, press Ctrl+Shift+S to open web capture.
    2. Capture the part of the screen you want to ink.

    Click Add notes which would allow you to Draw/add notes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-31T11:04:46+00:00

    There are hundreds of flags. None of them even mentions ink or pen. So please explaine how to in detail. 

    To that I might add: Seriously....what is the matter with all these big companies? Is there nobody there who can reason? You know, draw easy conclusions like 2+2=4.?

    If you launch an expensive product with a feature as a sales argument....WHY do you remove the feature BEFORE you have a substitute ready? That is called stealing in plane english. You even made it impossible to roll back to the old Edge to make things extra irritating and troublesome.

    No average person bothers with devs and experimental, unstable and unsecure versions. I want what I have payed for. 

    Precisely. 

    Precisely.

    A thousand times and more.

    Precisely.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-31T09:45:17+00:00

    There are hundreds of flags. None of them even mentions ink or pen. So please explaine how to in detail. 

    To that I might add: Seriously....what is the matter with all these big companies? Is there nobody there who can reason? You know, draw easy conclusions like 2+2=4.?

    If you launch an expensive product with a feature as a sales argument....WHY do you remove the feature BEFORE you have a substitute ready? That is called stealing in plane english. You even made it impossible to roll back to the old Edge to make things extra irritating and troublesome.

    No average person bothers with devs and experimental, unstable and unsecure versions. I want what I have payed for.

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  5. Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-10-31T08:41:57+00:00

    Just thought Id share one other thread stating the same concerns.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/write-on-the-web-8743d2bb-c4cf-ae40-2aa2-a88ae96a4a79

    Very very annoying action by ms. I have searched and tried multiple solutions and workarounds both in Edge and other browsers. Lost count of all the extensions I have installed. Nothing seems to work.  Whats up microsoft???  How about some information??

    Thomas, please read a few posts above. Inking is available on the Dev and Canary channels of the browser and would make the way to the stable release soon. If you cannot wait, download Dev/Canary release and enable the experimental web platform flag. Please note that we do not recommend using these versions as a primary browser. Use the same only for inking.

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