May 07 2021 03:41 PM - edited May 07 2021 03:44 PM
This post is looking for answers from people in the Microsoft Edge design\testing team.
I have been in IT system administration and software development for over 30 years but I just don't get your design and testing strategy specifically related to who gets to see new features and on what devices.
Here is my gripe, I run Edge Canary on multiple systems, each using the same Microsoft account and none of installations exhibit\expose the same feature set. So how in the world are we suppose to be involved in validating features that say, are supposed to sync but are only exposed on one install? I can totally understand A\B testing, but the same setup should apply to the user across all their devices - either they see the feature on everything or not at all.
Say for example the feature "Payment instruments are now synced across devices" that I saw appear today. This shows on just one device; this seems to me to be bluntly illogical? In another area, I have been able to set 2 rows of quicklink icons on the new tab page on all but 1 device; it is hugely inconsistent and to be honest frustrating.
It would seem sensible to make the same Microsoft account get all the same testing features rather than as it seems so randomly assigned.
Regardless, I am sure there are more users who would benefit from an explanation and look forward to an explanation.
Lastly looking for a real explanation, not supposition.
Pete
May 08 2021 04:08 AM
I totally agree:
@PeteGomersall wrote:I can totally understand A\B testing, but the same setup should apply to the user across all their devices - either they see the feature on everything or not at all.
The A/B test should consider the user's account and display the same features across all installations for that account.
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