{"id":486838,"date":"2022-08-22T17:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-edges-annoying-new-sidebar-includes-msn-games\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:06:04","slug":"microsoft-edges-annoying-new-sidebar-includes-msn-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-edges-annoying-new-sidebar-includes-msn-games\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft Edge\u2019s Annoying New Sidebar Includes MSN Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e55fe46904\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e55fe46904\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-edges-annoying-new-sidebar-includes-msn-games\/#%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Edges_Annoying_New_Sidebar_Includes_MSN_Games%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Microsoft Edge\u2019s Annoying New Sidebar Includes MSN Games&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_Edges_Annoying_New_Sidebar_Includes_MSN_Games%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Microsoft Edge\u2019s Annoying New Sidebar Includes MSN Games&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-772365\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/microsoft-edge-mad.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Microsoft Edge with angry face.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft just can\u2019t stop itself from adding new \u201cbrowser features\u201d to Edge. Once a streamlined tool for browsing the web, Edge now even includes built-in loans. The latest feature is a sidebar designed to push Microsoft\u2019s online services, including Bejeweled-style Match 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>The sidebar is part of an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/deployedge\/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel#version-1040129363--august-19\">Edge version 104 update<\/a> released on August 19, 2022. I personally saw the sidebar enabled by default when I opened my Edge browser this morning. Experiences here at How-To Geek are mixed so far: Some of us see the sidebar enabled by default, while others don\u2019t see it enabled by default.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-827644\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edge-sidebar.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"MIcrosoft Edge's sidebar in Edge 104.\" width=\"648\" height=\"446\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edge\u2019s new sidebar has six different features: Search, Discover, Tools, Games, Microsoft Office, and Outlook. These are all designed to push you to Microsoft\u2019s online services: The Search, Discover, and Tools features use Bing, Games takes you to MSN\u2019s web-based games, Microsoft Office uses the Office Web <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>s, and Outlook uses Outlook.com.<\/p>\n<p>Games is perhaps the most unfortunate shortcut of all\u2014not only is Microsoft placing a link to time-wasting casual games on everyone\u2019s screens, but the games are web-based games. Yes, your PC might have the Microsoft Solitaire Collection installed already, but Edge would prefer you play it on MSN.com. (We\u2019re not knocking casual games here, play them if you want\u2014but do you really need a \u201cGames\u201d icon sitting on-screen next to every web page you view all day long?)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it, by the way\u2014you can\u2019t add anything else to the sidebar on the right side of your browser window. There\u2019s a \u201c+\u201d button that implies it might let you add additional tools, but it just lets you disable icons (at least you can disable the Games icon.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-827646\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/microsoft-jewel.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"MSN Games in Microsoft Edge.\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully the sidebar is easy to disable. You can press Ctrl+Shift+\/ , click the \u201cHide Sidebar\u201d button at the bottom of the sidebar, or head to Settings &gt; Appearance and toggle \u201cShow Sidebar\u201d off. (If you want to see the sidebar and it isn\u2019t enabled in your browser automatically yet, you can press Ctrl+Shift+\/ or use the option in Settings.)<\/p>\n<p>The sidebar feels like yet another feature created to improve Microsoft\u2019s metrics, not to help the people using Microsoft\u2019s browser. I\u2019m sure the team in charge of MSN Games is thrilled at the prime real estate it\u2019s getting and how that will improve its user numbers. But ultimately, this is just more clutter in Edge that will push people away from Microsoft\u2019s browser.<\/p>\n<p>I still use Edge, and it\u2019s getting so bad that it\u2019s becoming entertaining. I already see an annoying icon whenever I mouse over an image on any web page, Edge wants to give me a loan, and now Microsoft wants me to play some Bejeweled clones.<\/p>\n<p>What ridiculous feature will be part of Edge when I open Microsoft\u2019s browser next month? 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