Android Magazine 58 - 2015 UK

To save the linkforlaterandreturntothe
previous screen, tap the pin icon. Pintasking will
transport you back to the previous task, but now
with the addition of a floating icon that contains
your link. When you’re ready to check out the link,
just tap the fl oating bubble.

Start saving links

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Among these icons are the Share icon
(that launches the standard Share with dialogue
box) and the Open in link, which lets you view it in
another app. If you want to remove these icons
from the overlay, reopen Pintasking’s Browser
extension section and tap Toolbar actions.

Customise the overlay

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By default, Pintasking assumes that once
you’ve pinned a task, you’ll want to return to the
previous task. If you’d prefer to remain on the
screen you’ve just pinned instead, you’ll need to
disable the Switch on pinning option, which you’ll
also fi nd in the Pins submenu.

Stop task switching

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Once you’ve got the hang of Pintasking’s

default pinning behaviour, you may want to

customise the way your pins look and function.

Launch Pintasking and select Pins from the main

screen. The first option in this submenu can

change the size of your pins.

Customise your pins

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Once you’ve stashed one link in the

floating icon, Pintasking will save all subsequent

links in the same icon and keep a tally of how

many links you’ve saved. When you clicked the first

link, you may have noticed additional options in the

overlay; we’ll take a look at these next.

Store multiple links

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By default, Pintasking deletes all your pins

every time you turn your device’s screen off. If you

want to store your pins indefi nitely instead, you’ll

need to disable On display-off. To resume deleting

pins whenever you switch your device’s screen off,

simply re-enable On display-off.

Save pins indefinitely

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Get more out of Pintasking with these additional options and pinning alternatives

1 Shrink the swipe-pad bar

Pintasking’s swipe pad getting in

your way? Open Swipe pad and

select Half height.

2 Disappearing pins?

Stop pins vanishing when their

related task has fi nished by

selecting Pins>On task fi nish.

3 Pin your homescreen

Pintasking ignores your homescreen

by default. To change this, select

Pins and deselect Ignore home.

4 Try a multitasking browser

Link Bubble loads all of your links in

the background of your device,

ready for you to explore later.

5 How about Flynx?

Similar to Link Bubble, the Flynx

browser helps multitasking by

tips loading links in the background.

CanIdisable

Pintasking for

certain apps?

Yes. Maybe you keep

accidentally triggering

Pintasking in certain apps, for

example when you’re dragging

and tapping around inside a

gaming app or maybe you know

you’ll never need to use

Pintasking inside a few

particular apps. Whatever the

reason may be, you can

blacklist apps so pins will never

appear when you’re inside that

app. Open Pintasking and select

Swipe tap, followed by Blacklist

then select all the apps you

want to blacklist.

HowdoIgetridof

my old pins?

If On display-off is enabled, you

canclearallyourpinsbyturning

the screen off. However, if you

just want to get rid of one

specific pin, long tap that pin

until a red bin appears towards

the bottom of your device’s

screen. Drag the pin onto the

rubbish bin and release it.

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