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MissyQ
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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for May 12
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey there, Insiders! There’re no major changes in this week’s update, but we did want to call out a couple of things about this list.
We have a few items under discussion: tab preview from Microsoft Edge legacy, tab set aside, matching Windows languages, closing tabs with middle click, and make the address bar smaller like Chrome’s. That last one is available to some in our Insider channels and the team would love to hear your thoughts on this! Hop into these threads to let the team know your opinion on these feedback items and how you would like to see us implement – or not implement! – these features.
We’re updating the title of one of these items this week to properly reflect the state of the browsers at this time. Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge is being changed to Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy, since the current version of the browser is the chromium-based version.
There’s a new item being added today, and y’all have been asking for this since we made the change to how you see your downloads. It’s currently Under Review, but keep an eye on the status for Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window as we get them. If you would like to see improvements in this area, let the team know by submitting feedback through the browser.
As always, we could not do this without your input, as evidence from this list of feedback you all have sent to us. Let us know your thoughts not only here on the forums but also directly through the browser via the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback. This will ensure your voice is heard by the team, but also leaving comments on our discussion threads gives you the chance to flesh out your thoughts more and have others see your perspective.
We’ll chat at you all next week!
Here’s this week’s updated list:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Planned for May |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
14 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
22 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
22 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
62 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
90 weeks |
|
Planned for May (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
90 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can easily close Vertical Tabs |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable search of items in Collections |
10 weeks |
|
Planned |
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
10 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
38 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
40 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
90 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
28 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
57 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
90 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window |
New! |
|
Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
6 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 |
|
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:
Spoiler
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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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 |
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Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (Read the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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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 |
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Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar |
1 week |
October 15, 2019 |
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Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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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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- Is anyone else having problems using Ctrl + Shift + X to invoke Smart Copy in the builds from the last couple of weeks. I can no longer see it in context menus either. I'm hoping it hasn't been scraped as it's very handy and works well.
I'm on the latest Dev build in Windows 10 (92.0.884.2). The "Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy" is my favorite feature and glad to be able to see this feature soon.
Thank you Deleted for sharing this issue.
When I wanted to post a message, it shows error so I refresh the page and re-post it and it seems the first message (with error) also published and this result duplication. It seems like an temporary issue in the forum.
Now, I deleted the post and there is one one reply.
- Put the not planned items in it's own spoiler tag at bottom of the post, to make the post short and to the point.
