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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!
viniciusbezerra
Vini, not only is it used & liked, but, you hit on the part that is a, really, BIG factor making it especially cool & appealing...
"This without leaving the page I'm reading", Vini
Cheers,
Drew
It can be done without Cortana
there is already these elements in the browser
search for "..." option
Sidebar
See what I mean?
they already made those 2 elements. they can just create another sidebar so the (search for "..." ) results will be shown in that sidebar, without the need for Cortana.
Cortana should be smarter than that.
- I agree, the term Cortana makes no sense in this feature, they could switch to something like "what is this" or "quick search".
viniciusbezerra
Vini,
That is a rather neat idea.
I'll suggest it's a marketing thing to keep Cortana in Users' thoughts & awareness. May help bring them to all the powerful assistance it can bring to their lives, all the talents & tools it offers (including search).
NB: Search & Cortana are, also, now separated. Search is all well & good, but, Cortana is that & a whole lot more (for people). Ergo, there is a desire to have people thinking of & using Cotana (for their benifit).
Cheers,
Drew- Looks like Edge developers are only considering Cortana to do a sidebar search in the browser, very limited ability to be honest, I hope they expand it and make the whole browser smart with the Cortana AI.
- Yeah, better save Cortana for smarter abilities 🙂
