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MicrosoftIntroducing sidebar search in Microsoft Edge
Cool idea, nice feature (only learning about it now).
I accidentally clicked 'Search Bing in sidebar' instead of 'Search the web for' which I always use.
Like I said, I like the idea (quick search to the side without loosing flow + context from the page you're in).
But it's Bing, and it's useless with Bing. Who uses Bing??
Needs a search-engine selection, just like the other search-providers. Otherwise you can search but you'll never find anything.
- I've used Bing for years, as have a lot of people here. Bing is much better about privacy than Google. And with Bing, you get rewards -- who doesn't like rewards? 🙂
seancorfield Good for you, and others. But still, Microsoft need to stop forcing Bing on users: have it as the default, sure, but ultimately take no for an answer.
Edge: if the user changes from Bing to another search-provider, they still try to sneak it in via the "Search Bing in sidebar for ..." option, and the New Tab page, which the user cannot change to load anything other than the built-in offering without resorting to a third-party extension.
Android: if you have the Outlook app installed, then whenever you select text in an app you'll see a "Bing search" option. Google really should treat this as malware and block the pop-up menu addition.
Microsoft Office: some features, such as word definition look-ups, word translations and image search, use Bing
Default to Bing, sure, but stop trying to force it everywhere!
