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adamrdrew
Brass Contributor
Aug 31, 2019

Better fullscreen support on touch screen devices (including Surface!)

Edge says "Press F11 to exit fullscreen" when I don't have a keyboard attached. I read in fullscreen a lot without a keyboard. Please make the little popup tell us how to actually exit fullscreen whe...
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stevecu
Brass Contributor
Nov 07, 2019

Elliot Kirk 

 

Thanks for this! It does at least make Edge Chromium Full screen usable in tablet mode, but only just. 

 

As far as I can see it is still not possible to expose the task bar by swiping up from the bottom, and of course the full functionality of swiping down from the top to switch tabs or exit full screen is sorely missed. 

 

I use Edge for reading on multiple surface devices including a Surface Go. On that device full screen is indispensable due to the small screen size so I'm still using the original version of Edge unless I encounter a compatibility issue. But at least I no longer have to use Chrome. 🙂 

 

Please prioritize feature parity with the old Edge. I'm kind of shocked to read that Edge Chromium is going GA soon without some critical feature of the original Edge.  

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Faris-Jayyousi
Iron Contributor
Nov 07, 2019

I totlly agree with youstevecu. Classic Edge features and the awesome support for touch and how smooth touch controlling was made it so unique. 

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    matsmcp
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 07, 2019

    Faris-Jayyousi, stevecu, Elliot Kirk 

    So do I.

     

    Releasing the new browser without having at least 95% of Edge classics feature and GUI is a major misstake on the scale of Vista and Windows (M)issed (E)dition.

    1. Users will test it and see that it simply doesn't work for them. That establishes the "fact" that the browser is even worse than Edge and IE

     

    2. Enterprises will not deploy it until it actually works. Since you are killing of IE and Edge it means they will have to roll out something that works, AKA Chrome.

     

    3. IF the GUI isn't featurecomplete at release all gudielines, videos, helpdesk instructions and so on will have to be redone for every release you actuallly do fix something that should have been there from the first day. Thats wery expensive and the gain for the enterprises is exactly Zero compared to remain on edge classic or Chrome


    4. We as powerusers gets feed up by a company that promises to listen and then Completly refuses to do that. We will then simply tell everyone that asks that No - so far it's not worth spending your time on the new edge

     

    To summarize, there are about no gain for any group to upgrade. There are downsides of missing features (that has been requested for six months now), costs and change management

     

    For MS there is a major risk that it will be "known" as another Failed browser that doesn't work and an even lover marketshare,

    In my Eyes MS needs at least 6 more months and a focus on porting 100% of Edge HTML Gui and Features. When that is done and proven stable - it can be released and work on a feature enhanced version can start

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