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MissyQ
Microsoft
Apr 30, 2021Top Feedback Summary for April 30
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hello there, Insiders! This week we’re seeing the introduction of Edge 92 in our Dev channel. Did you happen to spot the new Android Dev channel we rolled out yesterday? This is only the beginning, continue to keep an eye out for more news for our mobile Insiders! This week’s feedback summary sees a few things move to May along with a couple other updates. Let’s jump in!
First, we are marking Users would like more theme and customization options as Addressed. We have updated the edge://settings/appearance page in our Dev and Canary channels to have more theme options directly in the browser rather than navigating to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons site. This feature update should also hit our Beta channel very soon! We understand that there may be more specific customizations that users are interested in. If you feel something is missing in your customization options in Edge, remember to share those thoughts with us via feedback by heading to the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback. Let us know exactly what you are looking to customize so the team can review!
This week there are two items moving to Planned for May. Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page and Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website are items that some Insiders may see today, however the team continues work on these to bring you the best experience possible.
Lastly, Enable search of items in Collections is moving from Under Review to Planned! While we don’t have a specific time frame for when Insiders like yourselves will see this, we encourage you to keep an eye out on these weekly updates to see when the status changes.
That’s all for this week. We should be back to our regular update cadence next week, and we’ll chat at you all then!
Here’s this week’s updated list:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed |
Users would like more theme and customization options |
12 weeks |
Planned for May |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
12 weeks |
Planned for May |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
20 weeks |
Planned for May |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
20 weeks |
Planned for May |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
60 weeks |
Planned for May |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
88 weeks |
Planned for May (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
88 weeks |
Planned |
Users can easily close Vertical Tabs |
2 weeks |
Planned |
Enable search of items in Collections |
8 weeks |
Planned |
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
8 weeks |
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
36 weeks |
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
38 weeks |
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
55 weeks |
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
88 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
26 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
55 weeks |
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
88 weeks |
Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
4 weeks |
Not Planned |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
13 weeks |
Not Planned (View the discussion) |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
23 weeks |
Not Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
25 weeks |
Not planned (See the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
35 weeks |
Not Planned |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
Not Planned |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:
Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
Edge should use less memory than it does |
Edge should use less CPU than it does |
Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
Opening a new tab is too slow |
Update does not always work reliably |
Definitions:
Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels.
Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed.
Planned for… – We’re working on this and currently plan for it to be addressed in the Canary channel before the end of the month indicated.
Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet.
Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.
In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum.
Under Review – We are reviewing this feedback internally and do not have a plan to share at this time.
Quality Area – We will give extra weight to fixes and opportunities in this area. Please continue to report specific bugs and make specific asks.
Archive of previously addressed topics:
Spoiler
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
48 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
81 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
Add dictionary in PDF |
31 weeks |
Mar 23, 2021 |
Some passwords are not saved |
25 weeks |
Mar 16, 2021 |
Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
Enable vertical tabs feature |
23 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
26 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
32 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
31 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
Add the ability to ink on web page content |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (Read the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
19 weeks |
Mar 19. 2020 |
Some users are unable to access any web page |
3 weeks |
Mar 11, 2020 |
Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Mar 4, 2020 |
Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
17 weeks |
Feb 26, 2020 |
Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
24 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo |
1 week |
Nov 14, 2019 |
A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
12 weeks |
Nov 14, 2019 |
YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified |
1 week |
Nov 4, 2019 |
Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store |
4 weeks |
Nov 4, 2019 |
Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion) |
8 weeks |
October 29, 2019 |
Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link |
1 week |
October 22, 2019 |
Inking for PDF files |
9 weeks |
October 22, 2019 |
Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar |
1 week |
October 15, 2019 |
Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs |
1 week |
September 17, 2019 |
Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date |
4 weeks |
September 17, 2019 |
“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser |
2 weeks |
September 4, 2019 |
Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
Drop down menus in some web pages are not working |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
Build translation capabilities into the browser |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
- tjb107Copper Contributor
how about someone from miscrosoft actually address the complaints about edge , edge chrome being integrated into our computers and tell us how to uninstall them , instead of the usual b/s that they cant . if we dont want edge then why force it in updates , my mothers computer was taken over by edge chrome and took me ages to sort out , is that a good service ? no . faded out uninstall options on both does not help either . not every one is clued up on computers and the way microsoft is behaving by forcing unwanted rubbish on our computers because they want us to use them instead of things we have used for years is pathetic and childish. windows 10 has got to be the worst system i have had the misfortune to use and had no choice but to , yet again ..
- EngleitnerCopper Contributor
"New Tab" Page in Edge v90.0.818.51
Everytime I want to select one of my quicklinks, I have to pull down the "directlinks" section. Very annoying.
(screenshot attached)
- StephenWhiteD3GIron Contributor"Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page" keeps getting bumped / punted. 😕
I think this has been at least the third time now that it has been rescheduled. I know there are lots of other ways to orgnaize favorites now in Edge (I.E. Collections, bookmarks, extensions, etc) but I still would really like it if this could be made possible soon. 🙁 - hussain5416Steel Contributor
It would be great if NOT PLANNED feedbacks are removed from feedbacks list and arranged in their own dedicated spoiler tag at the ending of the Top feedback post just like the Archive of previously addressed topics.
This will keep the list decluttered. - Tio_DepSteel ContributorHello for customization, we could also put the windows/edge accent color on the tab title bar and on the toolbar icons. (Contour or filling )