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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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Have any idea why the new Edge font's looks so distorted?
Here's a side-by-side comparison.
The retail Edge on the left looks perfect, the Insider one on the right is really hard to read.
This is all default settings, nothing changed.
Thank you very much for all the replies so far.
I tried turning off hardware acceleration and that did not change anything.
Then I went and checked my windows settings and saw that "smooth edges on screen fonts" was turned off. I turned it on and that seemed to fix it.
I'm not sure if it's 100% fixed. Something seems different like it's maybe a tad blurry? (or maybe my eyes just haven't adjusted to it yet)
I'm curious though, why hasn't this issue popped up anywhere else on my system and just this one web browser?
Drew CornuttMicrosoft
I tested the IE 11 compatibility feature and it works nicely but how do we explain the code for IE 11 still being in this package to our security people. Is it a full feature set or just enough to run the deprecated features?
- Hi Drew, (nothing confusing about 2 Drews)
If we are talking IE Mode within the Edge C browser as opposed to IE on its own.... The IE Mode approach is safe and secure, the other not so much. All the functionality, none of the worry.
Cheers,
Drew
Sent from Windows Mobile- Drew Cornutt
Drew1903 Thank you for your reply. Can never have too many Drew's. Does this mean we are visualizing the runtime for the IE11 code? ActiveX controls can still run but not create a security vulnerability? Really awesome work if so!. There are lots of dinosaur vendors out there who refuse to upgrade their code because they provide critical infrastructure functions. In effect, holding their customers hostage while maintaining profit margins by not spending the money to upgrade.
Elliot Kirk I think it would be a great idea to bring back the note button from the original edge browser. I am working on a college degree and taking notes while on web pages would be very helpful, especially with my pen and tablet. On another note, I switch browsers all the time. Currently I am Using Opera's new Opera GX. The layout is incredible. The amount of customization is incredibly useful. Even the colors are able to change on border outlines. There is also a ram and CPU controller which is great for not just gaming, but for browsing while using other hefty programs. Such as CAD and Graphic design programs. I would also like to suggest that even though Edge is now a chromium based browser, you still cant change the search engine to be used on the start screen. I like the style of the start screen, and bing has come a long way, However, I feel that giving to option to customize which search engine to be used on that start screen would be fantastic. For me, having a great browsing experience is all customization. As of now, Microsoft edge is lacking this. Make it more customizable and friendly to websites and you have me hooked.
Web notes or Web page inking is really great feature, specially with integration with OneNote.
about the new tab page search engine,
you can change the search engine of the omnobox from here: edge://settings/search
though there is currently no way to change the Bing search bar that appears at the middle of the new tag page, without any 3rd party extension. developers confirmed that too in multiple posts before.
but if you do want to change it even with 3rd party extensions, i suggest you head to the Chrome extension store and try one of those extensions related to modifying the new tab page:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/new%20tab%20page
it eventually comes down to your own choice because each one has its own set of features.
So, I can't figure out how to start a new discussion.
With the latest release (I am using 78.0.268.3), when I load or refresh a page, the loading symbol will load on top of the favicon which is a little annoying...
In previous versions, the favicon would be replaced with the loading icon.
While I don't mind having the loading icon as well as the page favicon, I do mind having it overlapping.
How about pushing it more towards the left, so it will look something like this;
Loading Icon > Page Favicon > Page Title, instead of now where Loading Icon is Together with the Favicon
See image
- Hi and welcome,
Add notes is coming.
The search engine can, already, be chosen for NTP. > Settings and it can be set by the User. Will give you the exact how and where when I am back at my office.
Cheers,
Drew- Yes I know you can choose the search engine for the Search Adress bar at the top. I'm more talking about the search bar on the new tab page. Where it says search with bing. Changing that would be nice
You mentioned earlier that only the current version of Edge supports 1080p and higher Netflix resolution playback and I asked whether the Netflix app in Windows 10 also supports 1080p and higher playback resolutions or not.
it's related, Windows 10 uses the same webview system as the Edge browser.Elliot Kirk i would think we have to (without delay) start developing Extensions and themes in Edge store it will give more advantage ,variety and power to Edge chromium browser.
- And Acrylic style for the browser UI 👍
Are there plans to integrate Edge Chromium with AD and GPOs? In my organization, I need the ability to control settings globally across 15,000 users. Proxy, plugins, etc.
I love the new Edge Chromium. I quit using Chrome and went to Edge, primarily to block videos. Will you be adding a video blocking? I cannot deal with all the videos on some pages. Elliot Kirk
- Hey, where was the notification about what was happening with this giant update/change. Looks like I have to spend a fair amount of time untangling what is happening to my life rather than browsing the internet. At least I have found my mail!!!!
Elliot Kirk Hi, while the new Edge does improve on the old one, I don't get why some of the useful features are removed. Like the option to run a downloaded file without saving and the extremely useful option to set tabs aside. I really miss the option to set aside tabs that I can use later
Elliot Kirk
Although these may already be in development, I'll repeat my vote for Run & Open in addition to Save & Save As as well as Set Aside tabs.In my work environment, there is often a need to access (Run or Open) a file/document just once and I do not need it saved in a Download or other folder. It also encourages the behavior to work from shared documents (Teams or SharePoint) instead of perpetuating the habit of downloading personal copies. It also prevents clutter in the Downloads or other folder from one-time access.
The Set Aside tabs feature feels like a natural way to temporarily "remember" pages to revisit. Having worked only a little with Collections, Set Aside seems simpler and more natural for basic follow up.
ms4132 Elliot Kirk @Drew1903 I fully agree. Set Aside Tabs is an absolute must! If not that explicitly, some way to save and easily open a specific group of tabs. Perhaps different browser configurations.
Also, and I don't know if this would be in your area or in another, but when I encounter a link, I'd like to have a context menu to "open with," like other apps do--such as photos or other pictures.
Surya05
Hi Surya,
The Edge Features so many people are mentioning have not been removed. They are not in, YET. One specific that I know 1st hand, the Team IS aware of the need for Run/Save/Cancel. They are, also, aware of "The List" of items being mentioned repeatedly by person after person. They are working on the stuff. We are with the understanding that it is all coming, albeit, piecemeal. I grant you it's troubling, a real concern when this stuff appears to be 'missing', ignored or neglected. But, it's like the fun of Christmas & discovering each new thing under the tree or in the toe of a stocking. Never know what "Oh, good we have that, now." will be there next. It has been suggested it'll all be there by the time Edge C goes GA or Stable Gold or whatever the non-Insider, non-beta release is tagged. It's a big, job to have it all right & appealing, must be done in steps & layers and it DO take time! You, always, will see things in Canary the earliest.
That said, do keep letting the Team know what the 'Must-haves' are, here or via Feedback. The more similar comments they receive the better.
Cheers,
Drew
I have all three versions of Chredge on my 2016 Macbook Pro, and since the newest update of the Dev channel, it's been doing my searches using Bing, even though my default search engine is Google which I like using more, has been taking WAY longer to load pages, and signing me out of my Google account randomly! This is confusing me and needs fixing. I love the new versions of Edge, but please fix this.
Thanks!
