Forum Discussion
William Devereux
Microsoft
MicrosoftIntroducing the new downloads experience
The new Microsoft Edge recently turned one year old, over the last year we’ve heard your feedback about the downloads experience. While there’s a lot you liked, a common criticism was that it was oft...
Congrats! Overall, I see this as an improvement.
One drawback to the new window is the following:
I'd like to see a return of one option from the old downloads window that I miss--a one-time option to open with system viewer. The new window has ALWAYS open with system viewer, but not a one off event. I like using Edge to view PDFs within the browser. But with large ones, or files that I spend a lot of time with, I prefer to use my system viewer. So the choice to do it once with system viewer, while still using Edge as my default, would be nice. I attach a screenshot of the old downloads menu, with its option that I would like the new window to have.
