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Ask Cortana / Ask Bing - Discussion
Hello Insiders!
Thank you so much for your feedback. We are excited to announce sidebar search - the first step in our evolution of contextual search in the new Microsoft Edge.
You can find more details about sidebar search in this post - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/introducing-sidebar-search-in-microsoft-edge/m-p/1406242
Thanks!
My second thought was to add a similar notification for gestures but in this case after the first usage as well in case it was accidental.
My third thought having tried it is that it is a useful if marginal improvement over opening a new tab using it and closing it.
TimIrons
Tim, you raise a good point, but, I want to take it beyond the context of Ask Cortanta/Bing. Many/most people use a small fraction of what's in their computer & what it can do. And many/most are, indeed actually, unaware of what's available. I have been in this for a long time and the info IS there IF one looks for or reads it... do you have to notifications or do you have to be curious. Try stuff, look around, poke at things (click). But, more than that, one can become easily educated & enlighten, but, some instinct has be the impetus to discovery & learning. For those who are prone to find find out what a browser or OS offers, besides trial on error: When browsers are introduced or new Builds of them there is an accompanying "What's New" which, actually, goes though new & already existing details. When OSs or new OS Builds are released, there's "What's New", again. And, how many End Users know about Tips? Tips in the OS talks about basically the whole OS regarding How, What, Where, Why, etc. and all in plain English. And, the 'Show & tell" and available info in the Settings windows is terrific & blossoming as time passes.
One of my company's mottoes is "Education Breeds Empowerment". And person can teach themselves a lot. Just has to occur to one to look (seek), read, it's there & often right at ones fingertips, even, right in ones OS & or browser.
Cheers,
Drew- It will help better if a software shows its capabilities to user first instead of letting user go treasure hunting on their own 🙂
