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I was in the Apple store and notice that the Macs had linked icons in the middle of the screen. For example they had an icon, when clicked it open Safari and loaded the Apple Store. I thought that would be a good idea for my son profile, so he can click one icon and it would take him to Cartoon Network etc... Is this a OS X thing or a thrid party program?
Thanks
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There have been a few questions about the same feature, but the consensus is that it is something only on Apple Store computers and not available to the rest of the world.
To achieve something close (the icon link for your son) you could always drag the address from the address bar in your browser out to the Desktop to place a link to the site.. Then, you can change the icon to something a bit more recognizable following the instructions here.

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