And smaller images also appear to be left out (you can right-click and initiate Visual Search via a context menu – Google Chrome does something similar). It doesn’t appear to activate on every image, however.įor example, background images don’t seem to trigger the UI. By default, Visual Search is enabled and will display when a user hovers over an image. But the way it has been implemented is frustrating. It also stands to reason that Visual Search could come in handy. Plus, they have every reason to point users toward their Bing product (and away from Google). With that in mind, it’s hard to blame Microsoft for trying to stand out. As of this writing, it holds 65% of the market, while Edge boasts just over 4%. After all, Google Chrome is by far the dominant app. Perhaps the browser wars were decided long ago.

It begs the question: should web browsers be doing this? Microsoft Visual Search is the Default Option And the more I looked into this feature (dubbed Visual Search, enabled in version. Clicking on it allowed me to conduct a Bing image search, which opened in a sidebar panel. Sure enough, I fired up the little-used app on my PC, and…huh? Hovering over certain images revealed a button UI. My client noticed that it was only happening with Microsoft Edge.

But neither of those scenarios applied here. Usually, these types of issues are caused by an overzealous browser add-on. They wondered why, when hovering over an image on their website, a small icon appeared. Thus, I was greatly surprised by a recent question from a client. The Chromium-based successor to Internet Explorer never gave me a compelling reason to switch. But I’ve been a diehard fan of Firefox for years.

I’ll readily admit that I’m not a regular user of Microsoft Edge.

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