Hello Insider Community,
We are constantly working on improving the Microsoft Edge Add-ons user experience.
We are thrilled to announce new improvements to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons website that makes it easier for users to discover new extensions.
Collections* & Categories now show the user region’s trending extensions as “Top Edge Add-ons”
User Feedback #1: Categories in Edge Add-ons are useful to find extensions for specific jobs to be done. But these categories are not locale-specific, and the order of curated extensions are generic.
New Feature #1: Users will now be able to see a geo-specific order of listing within each Edge Add-ons category. The ordering within each extension category will now be powered by our AI recommendation engine to display popular and relevant extensions for each locale / country / geo.
For example, here is the how the “Developer Tools” Edge Add-ons category shows up in different locales:
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Category: Developer Tools |
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User Feedback #2: Collections on the Edge Add-ons site are helpful to find a curated list of extensions for a specific task, but the order of the extensions displayed in collections is not geo-specific.
New Feature #2: We improved our algorithm to show more relevant extensions to our users for a specific region on certain Edge Add-ons collections*. Now, users will be able to see the top extensions within certain collections, based on their popularity in the respective locale / country / geo.
For example, here is the how the “Have fun with Microsoft Edge” and “Go window shopping” Edge Add-ons collections show up in different locales:
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USA |
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Collections: Have fun with Microsoft Edge & Go window shopping |
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*This feature update is available only for the following collections on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons homepage - Trending, Have fun with Microsoft Edge, Go window shopping, Connect with friends, Stay informed, Picture perfect, Accessibility tools, Maximize your productivity and More add-ons.
Auto-complete search suggestions on Edge Add-ons website
User Feedback #3: The suggestions appearing under the search box while entering the keywords on Edge Add-ons site does not populate the region’s trending search keywords as suggestions.
New Feature #3: The suggestions under the search box of the Edge Add-ons website while entering the keywords to find an add-on is now automated. It considers the trending search keywords and provides users with instant and complete suggestion results based on the user region.
Below is the auto complete suggestion for a user in India after entering “I” in the search box of store.
For example, here is how the auto-complete suggestion populates trending searches after entering “i” in different locales:
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China(with locale as English) |
India |
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Search-box auto-complete suggestions |
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These feature updates will make it simpler for our users to find popular add-ons for their region and get started with enhancing their Edge browser experience further.
Do let us know what you think of these improvements by leaving a comment below. We would love to hear about your experience, suggestions, and feedback.
Cheers!
