Jan 30 2020 08:16 AM - edited Jan 30 2020 08:23 AM
Microsoft Edge Addons webstore is a completely mess. There are dozens of useless and bloat extensions, there isn't something like pre-moderation or publishing guidelines. Developers of that useless and often harmful extensions making their name starts with exclamation mark or another top symbols, I think that Microsoft Edge team should hide the "All extensions" category and randomize displaying of extensions list:
The store is really looking like a non serious school-project. There's a lot of completely unnecessary Russian and Chinese extensions for me as a English-user. It's actually hard to find something useful in this trash. There is a extension called "Word Count", for example. It should measure number of words in a text. But this extension is just toolbar button that redirects user to their site. And there is hundreds of similar in quality extensions. I hated Chrome Web Store for the same reason but Microsoft Edge Store even worse. Even Legacy Edge store had stronger moderation.
I suggest two things:
1) As I've already said, hide "All extensions" category and replace it with kind of a beautiful homepage with list of most popular extensions composed by moderator
2) Remove the garbage extensions that flooded the store
3) Divide extensions by region and language
Jan 31 2020 09:18 AM
Solution@msekmfb1 We're sorry to hear that's been your experience; we'll get the Extensions team looped in on this feedback and let you know if they have any questions or insights.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Jan 31 2020 11:36 AM
@msekmfb1 Hadn't checked the store before but I have to agree.
Having some curated categories would definitely help. Things like 'We use' or 'We recommend', etc.
The other thing I noticed are addons from Avast and AVG antivirus. They were recently in the news for selling people's browsing history/habbits. Addons from companies involved in such practices should not be allowed in the Store.
Jan 25 2021 09:44 AM
Jan 31 2020 09:18 AM
Solution@msekmfb1 We're sorry to hear that's been your experience; we'll get the Extensions team looped in on this feedback and let you know if they have any questions or insights.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge