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Treat Microsoft Edge Workspaces as separate browsers #192

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Microsoft Edge has a Workspaces feature that allows you to move tabs to a separate window that you can name as a workspace and syncs with the cloud.

Microsoft stores the Workspaces in a file named WorkspacesCache at %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Workspaces\

What I would like Browser Tamer to do whenever it performs a Rediscover is to read that file if it exists and populate the sidebar with multiple Microsoft Edge browsers for every Workspace.

A possible use case could be like if the process name is Asana.exe, it will launch Edge in the "Work" workspace. So I was thinking it is best they are separate browsers so you can define custom rules for each workspace.

Currently, for me to achieve this, I need to add multiple "custom browsers" all with the same Microsoft Edge path and add the --launch-workspace= arg. Since there is no way to duplicate custom browsers, this can be tedious for people like myself with several Workspaces.

So ultimately, this is more of a QoL feature and thought it would be a nice addition because the Edge Workspaces feature is really useful and could bring that feature more into the spotlight.

And I must add, this is a really awesome tool. Thank you so much for the continued development!

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