Building a global product from the ground up
Users spend more time in a web browser than any other app. A quality browser is essential to any platform. As an early member of the Microsoft Edge team, I worked on numerous features for this wide-ranging new contender in a competitive product category.
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- Edge has about 30 user-facing settings, compared to the 400+ of Internet Explorer. The challenge here was identifying what settings users really need and presenting them in a way people can understand.
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- Compatibility experiences are some of the least glamorous. This feature disappointingly kicks you back to Internet Explorer for sites that don’t work in Edge. Sometimes design is about finding the least frustrating solution given tough constraints.
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- Built-in sharing is simple and consistent
Feature Contributions
- Settings
- Menus
- Sharing
- Error pages
- Pane UI
- Compatibility experiences
- Zoom & UI scaling
- Website permissions
- Welcome pages
- Privacy & clear browsing data
- Tips & promotions
- WebVR
- Future features
Platforms
- Desktop
- Mobile
- HoloLens
- Virtual reality
- Xbox One
- Surface Hub
Design Considerations
Accessibility
- Screen reader
- Magnifier / UI scaling
- High contrast
- Keyboarding
Localizability
- Flexible UI for 100+ languages
- Bidirectional support (LTR/RTL)
- World-ready iconography & imagery
Privacy & security
- Responsible data storage and presentation
- Controls to manage data collection
- Spoof-resistant UI
- Abuse- and spam-resistant interactions