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We're Listening!
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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- I suggest & very much recommend AdBlocker Ultimate. In #1 Edge it's in the MS Store. I had to use the Chrome Store to find it and added it immediately. It is here --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblocker-ultimate/ohahllgiabjaoigichmmfljhkcfikeof Cheers, Drew
Can we get AdGuard listed in the Extensions list? I use it and Adblock in MS Edge and I believe it to be the best adblocker out there....
Just my 20cents...
Dennis5mile Elliot Kirkhttps://www.rgnews.net/showthread.php?p=116860#post116860
Full support for our readers..... One more request, when capturing an article it would be convenient if the capture included graphic & link URLS.
Elliot Kirk We would love see ALT+X Shortcut for three dot menu as in old.
The PWA's should have a main accent color title bar.
Bit more shadows in tab bar to indicate the active tab
Drew1903 I agree. I can't understand why active/inactive tab contrast has to be almost nonexistant. When fluent design comes to cEdge, contrast may become just as bad as Edge, but it doesn't have to be.
It would be great to have a small slider/button to slide all the components of the browser to the left. This would enable users to have a great experience without feeling lost in the full screen mode. The button on the left can be shown with a guesture on a surface and mouse hover on a pc /laptop. On the top you can have transparent tabs which will show on mouse hover event and it'll be helpful when new tabs are opened in full screen mode. The big question is how can Edge be the browser of the future, especially for all devices.
Elliot Kirk
Notice to All:
Adblock Plus caught my info that ad blockers were killing graphics. Today they notified me that they fixed the issue. Adblock Plus AND Adblock both work w/out causing a problem, anymore. Seems to apply to all ad ablockers... even, Adblocker Ultimate, my preference, which, also, didn't work, is ok, now. Have to use Chrome/Google Store for Adblocker Ultimate, but, I highly recommend it.
Top shot is SINCE the FIX. Bottom is BEFORE the FIX.
Applies to both Dev & Canary.
Cheers,
Drew- I know this is probably a long shot but... ill try anyway. One of the main issues i have found with the older version of edge and this one, is that there is no ability to enable java pluggins. This is causing allot of people, including where i work to tell people to never use edge and stick with IE11/Chrome . This version at least saves us from needing to get Chrome. But still has the blairing issue of Java. Dose anyone know if the ability to enable these pluggins again (even through an extention) will ever come back? If not like allot of corporations this will have to be writen off as another failed browser. Since most of us still rely heavally on these pluggins.
Elliot Kirk I'm using this since April 8th. I'm very pleasant, specially with the performance. Appearance is nice. No stops or blocks in almost a week of full work on it.
ariasalvaro
Yes, the performance does seem good.
Cheers,
Drew
- Hello, Will there be anopportunity to get "open | save (as) | cancel" dialog / popup like it is in current Edge? That was my one of most favourite things.
Hi
I would like to suggest something regarding the development of the new chromium based Edge browser. Till now, I have been testing it and have been loving the experience so far! The earlier Microsoft Edge for normal user was appreicated by all because of its wide range of productive features like peeking into different tabs while hovering; the sidebar; saving all tabs into sidebar at once etc. But, the best one among them was the feature to 'Edit' PDF files. This new chromium based Edge so far does not have most of them except 'Reading Aloud'. So I would like to suggest that if these old features are retained while the development of the new browser, then it will be a tremendous feat! I am sure people are going to prefer using Edge over all other browesers because they lack that amount of productivity.
Best of luck to the team!
