Microsoft Edge Add-ons: NEW features to improve extension discoverability
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 https://aka.ms/MSEAddons 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 “https://aka.ms/MSEAdevtools” Edge Add-ons category shows up in different locales: China India USA Category: Developer Tools 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 “https://aka.ms/MSEAEnt” and “https://aka.ms/MSEAShop” Edge Add-ons collections show up in different locales: China India USA Collections: Have fun with Microsoft Edge & Go window shopping *This feature update is available only for the following collections on the https://aka.ms/MSEAddonsage - https://aka.ms/MSFT_Edge_Addons_Trending, https://aka.ms/MSEAEnt, https://aka.ms/MSEAShop, https://aka.ms/MSFT_Edge_Addons_Social, https://aka.ms/MSFT_Edge_Addons_NewsAndWeatherinformed, https://aka.ms/MSFT_Edge_Addons_Photosperfect, https://aka.ms/MSFT_Edge_Addons_Accessibilitytools, https://aka.ms/MSFT-Edge-Addons-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: China(with locale as English) India USA Search-box auto-complete suggestions 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!
