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MicrosoftIntroducing sidebar search in Microsoft Edge
Hello Insiders! We have heard your feedback and are excited to announce sidebar search - the first step in our evolution of contextual search in the new Microsoft Edge.
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For example, the edge team went out of their way to confuse users who chose to change their search engine on the browser.
Very early on they figured out that people hated the Bing brand so much, and that Google search was so strong, that they would not be successful in pushing Bing search in edge because one of the first thing people would do is change their search engine.
And to be honest, really, the tactics being employed with regards to UI and choice manipulation is a big reason that support the notion that microsoft products in general, like the old hotmail.com (now outlook.com), bing, msn, office, windows, and now especially edge - microsoft products are so awful they actually generate disgust and frustration in users.
Very early on they figured out that people hated the Bing brand so much, and that Google search was so strong, that they would not be successful in pushing Bing search in edge because one of the first thing people would do is change their search engine.
And to be honest, really, the tactics being employed with regards to UI and choice manipulation is a big reason that support the notion that microsoft products in general, like the old hotmail.com (now outlook.com), bing, msn, office, windows, and now especially edge - microsoft products are so awful they actually generate disgust and frustration in users.
EdgeEnemyDueToBing Well, I think Edge should allow user to choose any search engine they want for the sidebar. Since most search engines have mobile-optimized edition, Edge can set the sidebar to open the mobilized search result page by altering user-agent strings. Then it can let the links there to be opened in new tab with the default user-agent.
Also, after selecting texts, the "..." floating menu always show "use bing search" item. Edge should allow user to customize this shortcut menu.
lishuhang "Well, I think Edge should allow user to choose any search engine they want for the sidebar"
Microsoft Edge engineers poured a lot of effort into this one to make sure the option is as hostile to user choice and tampering as they could.
There's a very simple reason why they need the search engine to be hard to tamper: they have found out that user's will switch back to google search or some other service because user's really hate the bing and brand quality.
Culturally, bing, internet explorer, windows, edge, really, all microsoft products are always known for their lack of quality.
While temporarily some may claim that there are some good products within microsoft, in the end, simply because the microsoft culture is a culture of dishonesty and manipulation, the organization will eventually return to its roots. We're seeing it happen with very quickly with edge, with vscode, etc.
