It’s now a little more than a year since Microsoft first brought extensions to Edge. After so long you would expect the selection of addons to be overwhelming — but that’s far from being the case. In all, there are only 70-odd…
It’s now a little more than a year since Microsoft first brought extensions to Edge. After so long you would expect the selection of addons to be overwhelming — but that’s far from being the case. In all, there are only 70-odd Edge extensions available, and Microsoft has been moved to explain why.
In a blog post, the company almost apologetically explains that it is “building a thoughtfully curated ecosystem,” citing concern over quality and a fear of diminishing the user experience. What some might describe as “slow,” Microsoft refers to as a “purposefully metered approach” to new extensions, and you probably shouldn’t expect things to speed up a great deal any time soon.
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While there a few big-name extensions available to download — which Microsoft is keen to list in its blog post — progress has been painfully slow. This is, Microsoft explains, because of a hand-curation process and “a high bar for quality.” This will come as little comfort to those who have simply lost patience with the wait for a decent selection of extensions.
Colleen Williams, senior program manager for Microsoft Edge, says:
While Microsoft says that it is looking to make the “onboarding” process easier for developers, it’s likely to be just Windows Insiders who get to see much in the way of new extensions in the near future. Microsoft’s slightly apologetic blog page makes not even the vaguest hint that it’s looking to speed things up, simply saying that it is “adding more [extensions] every week” — so you’re just going to have to keep on waiting.
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