Happy New Year, everyone! We hope 2023 is off to a great start for all of you!
Let’s take a quick peek into our 2022 journey.
From adding a developer portal to creating review dashboards, it has been an eventful year at the Microsoft Edge Add-ons community.
Our key focus this year throughout the second half was to migrate our extensions to manifest version V3 from V2 and help developers publish their extensions through the same Microsoft Edge Add-ons website. Thanks to the numerous developers who adapted to this change and helped us achieve this growth and continue to help us cater to our users better!
Here is a recap through the product developments this year
January:
- Microsoft Edge extensions developer portal
The new edition of the developer portal contains relevant resources and documentation for Microsoft Edge extensions. For more information, see Microsoft Edge Add-ons Developer.
March:
- Addition of breadcrumbs to Microsoft Partner Center
Developers can view the navigation bar / tree path while using Partner Centre to track the exact Partner Center path users are visiting. Developers can maintain awareness of their location within Microsoft Partner Center.
- Publish and update extensions using the Microsoft Edge Add-ons API
You can integrate APIs directly into your Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. You can also publish extension package updates to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons website without using Partner Center. For more information, see Using the Microsoft Edge Add-ons API
May:
- Review Dashboard
Microsoft Partner Center now includes a Reviews dashboard. This update enables you to view and engage with the user reviews.
June:
- New vetting process updated and more details added to provide the list of docs needed for someone signing up as a business. Verify the company account information associated with your Microsoft Partner Center account - Micro...
July:
Retirement of submitting new Microsoft Edge Add-ons with Manifest V2
- Microsoft Partner Center only accepts new Manifest V3 Microsoft Edge extension submissions, with visibility set as 'Hidden' or 'Public'. To share your feedback and comments, see GitHub discussion topic - Update your extensions from Manifest V2 to V3.
- The main focus for the later half of the year was to get developers to migrate their extensions from Manifest V2 to V3 and getting new developers to create their extensions.
October:
- CSAT Survey: Started sending out regular CSAT survey to developers to know their pulse on what is working and what is not with Microsoft Edge Add-Ons.
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Here is a list of top extensions for the year 2022, that have been repeatedly trending with our users, month on month:
- Tampermonkey
- Cisco Webex Extension
- Grammarly: Grammar Checker and Writing App
- Yahoo! JAPANに簡単アクセス
- Microsoft Editor: Spelling & Grammar Checker
- Global Speed
- MetaMask
- IDM Integration Module
- Halo
User feedback and enthusiasm on social media always drives us to work more harder to enhance your experience. Here is some of the love we received from you over the last year:
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THANK YOU once again, for the fantastic year! We are grateful to each of you for the continuous feedback & contribution to the Edge extension ecosystem.
You can keep in touch with us at #EdgeExtensions here. If you have any questions or feedback on Microsoft Edge Add-ons, please share them here.
We look forward to yet another exciting journey in 2023.
Cheers!