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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for July 2022
Hello, Insiders! We went through all the feedback in the survey from June and boy do we have a lot to go over! Over the next month, you will see updates from us about what we heard, what we’re doing about it now, and what else we want to change. We are stoked to share the changes coming with you, and looking forward to working with our partners to improve your feedback experience. Now onto the feedback summary!
We have a couple of brief updates for you this month. Canary users should see the double-click to close tabs option, however we are still working on a few things before users in China will see this more broadly. We should have more updates next month, so stay tuned! Want to see this feature in your region? Let us know by giving us feedback on the Discussion thread here so the team can see the request.
ICYMI – there are updates coming to Collections! We are working out a few things still but Enable search of items in Collections will be coming with these changes, so that status has been updated to Planned for November. You can expect to see more from us on that as we get closer to the end of the year (which in reality is really only two updates away, where did 2022 go?).
Lastly, while it is not on this list, we briefly mentioned in the past about the huge context menu and Settings and more (…) lists. We have been working on those changes and have updates to share soon! The team would love to hear feedback from you all once we are able to share the changes we have been working on.
That’s it for this update! We will be back in September with our next update and more details on the feedback survey results. Did you know we have a new portal in which you can submit feedback on what changes you want to see? We found out through the survey results this is your second most preferred way of providing the team feedback! You told us that you enjoy the fact one can search to see if their idea is already on the Edge Feedback portal, and that you can post up a new suggestion to get other likeminded people to comment and vote on it. Have something you think might be more of a bug? You can send it to us directly through the in-app feedback tool by heading to the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics. Detailing exactly what you see will ensure that the team understands the issue at hand, and if you include your email address it offers you the ability to receive email updates whenever we take action on your item.
Until our next update, Insiders. Happy browsing!
Here’s this month’s update:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Planned for July (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
122 weeks |
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Planned for November |
Enable search of items in Collections |
71 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add option to always open favorites in new tab |
59 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can easily close Vertical Tabs |
69 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
70 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
106 weeks |
|
Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
154 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
154 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window |
64 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 (View 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 (View the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
56 weeks |
And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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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:
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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Print and Print Preview are not available on some sites |
1 week |
May 10, 2022 |
|
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
78 weeks |
Jan 13, 2022 |
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Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep |
21 weeks |
Nov 2, 2021 |
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Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
42 weeks |
Sept 28, 2021 |
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Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
77 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
105 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
19 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
23 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
28 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
96 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane |
1 week |
Jun 9, 2021 |
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Users would like more theme and customization options |
12 weeks |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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Some web page fonts are blurry |
48 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
81 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Add dictionary in PDF |
31 weeks |
Mar 23, 2021 |
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Some passwords are not saved |
25 weeks |
Mar 16, 2021 |
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Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Enable vertical tabs feature |
23 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
26 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
32 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
31 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add the ability to ink on web page content |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
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Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
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Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
|
Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (View the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
|
Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
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Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
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Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. (View 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 |
|
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Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
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- When to add option to always open favorites in new tab?
- I'm looking forward to it too. This feature has been planned for a long time, and it is not difficult to do. I hope it can be released soon.
I wanted to like Edge, but geez this browser has gotten so much bloat in it now. Uninstalled.
Hello! I have been wanting this since no browser has this I would want to make a custom home page that you can make it a website. So when you open a blank tab it shows the website page in the background.
Thanks
- Me too. Like a feature similar to it.
- Thank you for sharing.
If feel like that double click one is going to irritate me. I keep a LOT of tabs open (ahhem, on multiple browsers). 🤓
I thought being able to keep videos from auto playing was already an option somewhere. Could have swore I ran across it. ..
~ Yeah, I did!
Oh, and the reading list (and audio), OMG, no idea how I ever lived without it. (Yeah, I know I could have had the narrator dude who lives in that box in the setting of windows, but he's terribly inconvenient (don't tell him I said that).
- And I just realized I'm late to this thread. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
- When using pict-in-picture mode on the Bilibili video playback platform, I was unable to freely zoom in and out of the image, and I was unable to use the video playback platform to move forward and back. Very affect my learning efficiency, in Firefox can use these functions. Hopefully Microsoft Edge will learn and improve.
MissyQ I was wondering if there were going to be any placement of accessible feedback tabs on the pages. I hate having to go look for where to submit feedback. Thank you Chris
- je ne sais pas?
- MissyQ
kinmfer Hey! Yes, it currently is the most up to date right now. Back in August I suffered a pretty severe disc herniation and it was well-timed with Josh taking off all of September. 😉 We're behind on our updates, but we're catching up finally and hope to have updates next week or the week after for this list. We're working on a ton of internal shuffling as well, so that has taken up our time with coordination while I am working reduced hours. I haven't advertised this much anywhere except LinkedIn, so I apologize if there is any frustrations in the community around this. Know that I am on the mend and we are picking up our dropped pieces. 🙂
SpEcIaLiStJoKeR I wanted to make sure you knew as well that you can add the Feedback button to the toolbar for ease of access, and if you are on a Windows or Linux device you can use the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+i to bring up the feedback tool. You can right-click on your toolbar to bring up the Customize toolbar settings and add on the feedback button at the bottom of the list. Hopefully this is what you were asking for, let me know if I misunderstood! :3
Missy Quarry (she/they)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Join us on Twitter, or over on Reddit in r/MicrosoftEdge or r/edge- Ahhhh, didn't know that. Thanks for the reply!!
