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Greetings Microsoft Edge Insiders!
Let us start off by saying, welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insider community! We’re so excited to have you here, and we can’t wait to start learning from you. If you haven’t read our Welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insider community article yet, we recommend starting there. It has a bunch of great information on how we got here and where we’re heading.
Our mission:
Our mission is to create a thriving community of valuable Insiders, like you, so we can closely listen and learn how Microsoft Edge can be better. We believe that having open, honest, and continued conversations with our Insider community is a great way to build a close relationship with our users.
Why do all of this? Because we want to build a browser that’s deeply grounded in your needs. Your voice is the most important piece of helping us build a better Microsoft Edge. The feedback you provide leads to meaningful conversations that may ultimately produce the new features, bug fixes, and other improvements that matter the most to you. Listening is just the beginning for us. Our true goal is to build Microsoft Edge with the voice of the Insider community as our guiding light.
Community voice
When we announced the next version of Microsoft Edge back in December, we asked a simple question: If you could change one thing about the web, what would it be?
We were completely humbled by the over 40k comments you’ve shared with us. That’s a whole lot of ideas. Thank you!
You tell us that you love some things about the current Microsoft Edge browser, like the smooth scrolling experience, our Fluent Design and the precision touchpad, and you hope we’ll bring those things forward into the next version too.
Some of you are frustrated with the way that sites render so differently depending on the browser you're using to view them. You also tell us that Web Standards are on the top of your mind. We hear that you want all browsers to adopt the same standards. We hear from some of you web developers that you want new capabilities added to the web platform; whether that be in CSS, HTML or JavaScript. Another top request is an improved dev tools experience.
We hear that you have strong feelings about online advertising. Some of you wish ads that pop-up would just disappear and the same for auto-playing ads. While others feel a strong desire to remove or fundamentally change how online advertising works on the web. There is concern how these advertisements enable sites to track you as you browse which feels "creepy" and "invasive."
The overwhelming majority of comments (we’re talking thousands of messages) that we have read wish for a change in the fundamental attributes of the web. Make it faster, safer, more reliable and more private. You want your browsers to have smaller memory footprints, lower battery consumption, higher rendering speed and better stability. We agree with you wholeheartedly! The attributes that you say matter most in your browsing experience are performance, privacy, and reliability. So that is where we are starting.
We are focusing on delivering outstanding fundamentals. Speed, stability, accessibility, compatibility, security, and privacy are always top of mind for us. We are using your comments and suggestions to guide us while we are getting the new Microsoft Edge ready for its debut.
What’s next?
In the meantime, jump in, download the Microsoft Edge Insider Channels, and let us know what you think. What’s working well? Where do we need to improve? Over time, we hope to build healthy engagement and feedback loops with our community members.
We’re also mindful that our users have preferred ways to engage with us. Whether you view the latest information on the Microsoft Edge Insider website, enjoy direct discussions on our forum, need a personal support assistant via help (F1), share your feedback and suggestions via the smiley face, or just want to give us a shout on Twitter, we’re always listening and looking for ways to reach out wherever our users feel most comfortable and prefer to talk to us. We’re all ears!
Thank you for being here. We look forward to listening and engaging with you.
-The Microsoft Edge Team-
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Elliot Kirk I've looked through the forum and couldn't find much about the smooth scrolling feature.
So far, for me it doesn't seems to be enabled or it's simply not working.
Even in Chromium the Smooth Scrolling is still an experimental feature.Elliot Kirk WHAT? Seems we don't have the same Extensions as what are familiar... example: no Mouse Gestures nor AdBlocker Ultimate.
Not happy w/ that, @ all!- You should be able to install the AdBlocker Ultimate if you allow extensions from other stores. I am not sure if or when the Microsoft Mouse Gestures would be available for the preview channels.
Elliot
How or where do we make this browser Dark? It's appearance is sterile, unexciting & bland; in other words, ugly. Some of the reasons why I have never liked Chrome.
Anyway, haven't found a switch for Light or Dark. Where is it?
Cheers,
DrewOK, So I decided to download the Insider EDGE and here are my first observations...
Background first - I run a fairly powerful machine for my primary PC (also have about 5 other Windows 10 machines), I7-8700, 24 GB, 2x M.2 drives, SATA SSD, medium Graphics Card, 3 monitors and 5 Workspaces. I also keep open 4 browsers in different Workspaces so I don't have to jump around - total browser tabs = 25..........
1) It came up flawlessly !!!!!
2) It seems very fast
3) Still consumes RAM, but I allowed for this im my memory budget for RAM to support my browser tabs
4) When my bookmarks were first imported, ICONs were blank - They filled in after connecting to the sites
5) UB Block Origin does not seem to available for the new EDGE
6) TOBY is a real nice extension that allows me to get my macine back up quickly because of all the tabs I keep open, and it is not available - maybe something to consider
7) I like this new EDGE so much, I am going to use it in my primary workspace with 15+ open tabs....
7) Please get spellchecker working as I am a terrible typer.....
Best, Bob
- bob_wilton, great feedback from top to bottom.
Elliot
I d/l the SetUp - when I install this trial version of Edge is it going to replace my existing fully functional Edge that I currently have on my PC?
Where is the Reader view? Elliot Kirk
Elliot Kirk Question. Do you have plans to add the ability to set tabs aside to the Chrominum version of Microsoft Edge?
- I *need* this feature. Tab management SUCKS in every other browser. Letting you put tabs along the side should be an option, but this is only a stop-gap measure. Edge's ability to manage whole groups of tabs by simply putting them aside or loading them as required was *brilliant* and is exactly how a browser should work.
I tried using Edge, but it was too slow, too buggy and too incompatible, but the tabs management is top notch. So, you can imagine my disappointment.
Microsoft, if you leave the set-tabs-aside feature, I WILL NOT use the new Edge. Period. For me, that feature is a show-stopper and without it, there's no other reason to use it.BobInPIT I agree set tabs aside is a critical feature. I also use it a lot in Edge. However, I'm very happy that CEdge allows me to install the OneTab extension from Google's Chrome store. One major shortcoming with Set Tabs Aside in Edge is it's all-or-nothing. You cannot move a subset of tabs aside. OneTab gives you total control over which tabs get moved. It's also easier to navigate and find tabs in OneTab's full page list which I keep open in a pinned tab.
- We are looking at several different tab management solutions, Spark1305. Can you tell me more about why you like set tabs aside?
Thanks,
Elliot- Mainly because it's a quick and simple way to set aside important tabs and/or websites that I might want to see later. I would like to see improvements though like the ability to lock a tab so when you click on it, it won't disappear from the tab aside section.
Hey
There is something that could be cool but is not such a big change for doing a post por it
What about get the Microsoft logo in inspirational mode? (Or at least an option for custom mode)
I would give some kind of of promotion for Microsoft over those beautiful images (I love that inspirational mode, great job guys!)- Thanks for the love, Diegorro! I will let the owners know about your suggestion for the new tab page.
Elliot
- I'm so glad to be here fellow Edge insiders!
- Thanks for coming over. Let us know what you think.
Elliot
- Hello,
Please add google.com as 2nd Serch provide- Once you visit the site, it should show up as a supported provider in the search settings. Try opening the search settings: edge://settings/search. Please let me know if this doesn't work for you. Thanks!
Elliot
