Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.301.2 to the Dev Channel! In addition to all the noteworthy features and changes mentioned below, we’ve also got a more in-depth look at all the changes we’ve been making to webpage controls in order to update them to the Fluent design language here: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/10/15/form-controls-microsoft-edge-chromium/. Added features: Added a setting to show or hide the feedback smiley face from the toolbar. The first round of Family Safety features is now available on Windows 10. Added an option to the New Tab Page for users signed into the browser with a work or school account to show Office content from their organization instead of news content. Added a toolbar to Reading View for easy access to Read Aloud and text viewing options. Added the touchscreen scrolling behavior that the existing version of Edge was known for. Added a button in Settings on Mac to open Microsoft AutoUpdate. Added right-click support to menu items on Mac. Added the ability to automatically remove extensions from a user’s device when they’ve been removed from the store they were installed from. Improved reliability: Fixed an issue where the browser has high CPU usage when idle. Fixed an issue where the new tab page sometimes crashes when scrolled. Fixed a browser crash when using the new tab page. Fixed a browser crash when using IE mode. Fixed a browser crash when using Collections. Fixed a browser crash when importing data from another browser. Fixed a webpage crash when viewing PDF documents. Fixed an issue where webpages sometimes crash when typing in passwords. Fixed an issue where Netflix shows error D7354 when trying to play a video. Fixed some hangs. Fixed an issue where attempting to print a webpage while it’s in Reading View only prints a single paper’s worth of content instead of the entire webpage. Fixed an issue where certain Read Aloud voices don’t work properly. Changed behavior: Changed the InPrivate icon into a square, as requested by user feedback. Fixed an issue where users signed into the browser with a personal Microsoft account are unable to sync favorites and other content. Fixed an issue where users with multiple accounts lose their account pictures on Taskbar shortcuts. Fixed an issue where the Taskbar shortcut sometimes appears as the default sheet of paper. Fixed an issue where the tab title in the tab band or on the Task Bar is incorrect if a PDF document is open. Fixed an issue where selecting large amounts of text in PDF documents doesn’t work properly. Fixed an issue where searches from the address bar are always in English despite the user’s language being set to some other language. Fixed an issue where Top Sites on the new tab page disappear or are reset after upgrading to a new version of Edge. Fixed an issue where translating a page into a different language and then back into its original language shows an error instead of performing the second translation. Fixed an issue where certain webpage controls like the calendar picker aren’t appearing. Fixed an issue where the feedback smiley face is removed from the toolbar when it shouldn’t be. Fixed an issue where the feedback smiley face isn’t rendered properly. Fixed an issue where hitting the ESC key on the warning dialog that appears when attempting to close the browser while a download is in progress closes the browser instead of just dismissing the dialog. Fixed an issue where the warning about closing the browser while there’s an ongoing download never appears again after it’s dismissed the first time. Fixed an issue where certain functionality like delete doesn’t work on the downloads shelf. Fixed an issue where it’s possible to sign into a work or school account using the wrong type of email. Fixed an issue where Single Sign-On signs users into the wrong account if they sign into the browser with a different work or school account than the one they’re currently signed into Windows with. Fixed an issue where autofill settings are unexpectedly turned off by default for some users. Fixed an issue where cookies are unexpectedly disabled on new installations. Improved text input in Collections. Fixed an issue where two scroll bars sometimes appear in Collections. Fixed an issue where uninstalling a website installed as an app from the Control Panel doesn’t give any indication as to whether or not it’s succeeded. Fixed an issue on Mac where clicking in menus sometimes doesn’t work. Fixed an issue where corrupted characters appeared in the F12 Dev Tools. Fixed an issue where certain icons are inappropriately mirrored in right-to-left language installations. As always, your feedback and suggestions have been making a big difference, so thanks for using Edge!

josh_bodner The perfect scrolling experience is what separates Classic MS Edge from every other browser, including the new Chromium Edge. The only things keeping me using Classic MS Edge as my main browser are:Laptop multi-touch touchpad 2-finger scrolling/fling not as smooth in Chromium Edge as in Classic Edge.Multi-touch touchpad scrolling animations (e.g. rubber band/bounce) apply to main content area but not scrollable HTML elements. To see what I mean, try touchpad scrolling in Settings -> Site permissions on the right hand side, or other places such as the main content area in Spotify web app, or the left navigation pane on docs.microsoft.com pages (e.g. docs.microsoft.com/en-u..) . No scrolling bounce when reaching the end of scrollable content.Multi-touch zooming animations (e.g. feedback bounce) don't occur when zooming too far in/out.Tooltips in whole browser (which are no longer rendered via comctl32.dll in Google Chrome and Chromium Edge) aren't rendered correctly on HiDPI displays. Sometimes the border lines are wrong colour or missing completely. This is a longstanding issue, please fix.When favourites bar is disabled, the address bar has an annoying black line as a border. This was previously a 2px grey line. The line should be 1px grey as in Classic Edge. There is no option to set window frame colour to grey/dark grey/translucent (i.e. as UWP apps look).Please fix these. I've been testing Chromium Edge for months and most of these issues have been present but have never been addressed. I'd love to use Chromium Edge as my main browser but until these issues are fixed I will likely keep using Classic Edge as long as possible because the high level of polish makes my Windows laptop feel like a premium experience, regardless if other browsers are getting faster and gaining other improvements.

josh_bodner Environment friendly feedback - aka recycled since none of it has been done and is blocking for a browser change 1. Google integration - No thanks. I value privacy - not Google profit2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong one3. Add these buttons to the favorites menu 3. prevent mouse button hijacking4. Fix Epub

matsmcp 2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong oneIt's the same icon used by the old Edge, or what do you mean exactly?

josh_bodner News feed is still broken! In each update you are adding more bugs than fixing 😂😂

Nice stuff josh_bodner I would like to make a suggestion, can you carry over the Site To Zones GPO feature that exists for Internet Explorer? It's a god send in Small to Medium sized businesses that with Internet Explorer we can fully stop users downloading files from websites unless we assign the website one of the number values in the Group Policy setting to be either "1 - Intranet" or "2 - Trusted Sites". This ofcourse implies that the GPO setting to prevent users downloading is also carried over

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josh_bodner

Microsoft

Oct 15, 2019

Dev channel update to 79.0.301.2 is live

Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.301.2 to the Dev Channel! In addition to all the noteworthy features and changes mentioned below, we’ve also got a more in-depth look at all the changes we’ve been making to webpage controls in order to update them to the Fluent design language here: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/10/15/form-controls-microsoft-edge-chromium/.

Added features:

Added a setting to show or hide the feedback smiley face from the toolbar.
The first round of Family Safety features is now available on Windows 10.
Added an option to the New Tab Page for users signed into the browser with a work or school account to show Office content from their organization instead of news content.
Added a toolbar to Reading View for easy access to Read Aloud and text viewing options.
Added the touchscreen scrolling behavior that the existing version of Edge was known for.
Added a button in Settings on Mac to open Microsoft AutoUpdate.
Added right-click support to menu items on Mac.
Added the ability to automatically remove extensions from a user’s device when they’ve been removed from the store they were installed from.

Improved reliability:

Fixed an issue where the browser has high CPU usage when idle.
Fixed an issue where the new tab page sometimes crashes when scrolled.
Fixed a browser crash when using the new tab page.
Fixed a browser crash when using IE mode.
Fixed a browser crash when using Collections.
Fixed a browser crash when importing data from another browser.
Fixed a webpage crash when viewing PDF documents.
Fixed an issue where webpages sometimes crash when typing in passwords.
Fixed an issue where Netflix shows error D7354 when trying to play a video.
Fixed some hangs.
Fixed an issue where attempting to print a webpage while it’s in Reading View only prints a single paper’s worth of content instead of the entire webpage.
Fixed an issue where certain Read Aloud voices don’t work properly.

Changed behavior:

Changed the InPrivate icon into a square, as requested by user feedback.
Fixed an issue where users signed into the browser with a personal Microsoft account are unable to sync favorites and other content.
Fixed an issue where users with multiple accounts lose their account pictures on Taskbar shortcuts.
Fixed an issue where the Taskbar shortcut sometimes appears as the default sheet of paper.
Fixed an issue where the tab title in the tab band or on the Task Bar is incorrect if a PDF document is open.
Fixed an issue where selecting large amounts of text in PDF documents doesn’t work properly.
Fixed an issue where searches from the address bar are always in English despite the user’s language being set to some other language.
Fixed an issue where Top Sites on the new tab page disappear or are reset after upgrading to a new version of Edge.
Fixed an issue where translating a page into a different language and then back into its original language shows an error instead of performing the second translation.
Fixed an issue where certain webpage controls like the calendar picker aren’t appearing.
Fixed an issue where the feedback smiley face is removed from the toolbar when it shouldn’t be.
Fixed an issue where the feedback smiley face isn’t rendered properly.
Fixed an issue where hitting the ESC key on the warning dialog that appears when attempting to close the browser while a download is in progress closes the browser instead of just dismissing the dialog.
Fixed an issue where the warning about closing the browser while there’s an ongoing download never appears again after it’s dismissed the first time.
Fixed an issue where certain functionality like delete doesn’t work on the downloads shelf.
Fixed an issue where it’s possible to sign into a work or school account using the wrong type of email.
Fixed an issue where Single Sign-On signs users into the wrong account if they sign into the browser with a different work or school account than the one they’re currently signed into Windows with.
Fixed an issue where autofill settings are unexpectedly turned off by default for some users.
Fixed an issue where cookies are unexpectedly disabled on new installations.
Improved text input in Collections.
Fixed an issue where two scroll bars sometimes appear in Collections.
Fixed an issue where uninstalling a website installed as an app from the Control Panel doesn’t give any indication as to whether or not it’s succeeded.
Fixed an issue on Mac where clicking in menus sometimes doesn’t work.
Fixed an issue where corrupted characters appeared in the F12 Dev Tools.
Fixed an issue where certain icons are inappropriately mirrored in right-to-left language installations.

As always, your feedback and suggestions have been making a big difference, so thanks for using Edge!

rw1234
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2019
josh_bodner The perfect scrolling experience is what separates Classic MS Edge from every other browser, including the new Chromium Edge.

The only things keeping me using Classic MS Edge as my main browser are:
Laptop multi-touch touchpad 2-finger scrolling/fling not as smooth in Chromium Edge as in Classic Edge.
Multi-touch touchpad scrolling animations (e.g. rubber band/bounce) apply to main content area but not scrollable HTML elements. To see what I mean, try touchpad scrolling in Settings -> Site permissions on the right hand side, or other places such as the main content area in Spotify web app, or the left navigation pane on docs.microsoft.com pages (e.g. docs.microsoft.com/en-u..) . No scrolling bounce when reaching the end of scrollable content.
Multi-touch zooming animations (e.g. feedback bounce) don't occur when zooming too far in/out.
Tooltips in whole browser (which are no longer rendered via comctl32.dll in Google Chrome and Chromium Edge) aren't rendered correctly on HiDPI displays. Sometimes the border lines are wrong colour or missing completely. This is a longstanding issue, please fix.
When favourites bar is disabled, the address bar has an annoying black line as a border. This was previously a 2px grey line. The line should be 1px grey as in Classic Edge.
There is no option to set window frame colour to grey/dark grey/translucent (i.e. as UWP apps look).
Please fix these. I've been testing Chromium Edge for months and most of these issues have been present but have never been addressed.

I'd love to use Chromium Edge as my main browser but until these issues are fixed I will likely keep using Classic Edge as long as possible because the high level of polish makes my Windows laptop feel like a premium experience, regardless if other browsers are getting faster and gaining other improvements.
- WolfIcefang
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 16, 2019
  Classic edge never ran well enough for me to actually experience smooth scrolling in Classic Edge. XD
  
  Now that it's available on the Chromium version's touch screen, I can totally see what all the fuss is about!
  
  I too hope it starts working more holistically, especially on my trackpad.
matsmcp
Steel Contributor
Oct 15, 2019
josh_bodner
Environment friendly feedback - aka recycled since none of it has been done and is blocking for a browser change

1. Google integration - No thanks. I value privacy - not Google profit
2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong one
3. Add these buttons to the favorites menu
3. prevent mouse button hijacking
4. Fix Epub
- leopeva64-2_
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 15, 2019
  matsmcp
  
  2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong one
  It's the same icon used by the old Edge, or what do you mean exactly?
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 15, 2019
  matsmcp
  
  Hi,
  Which Windows 10 version/build are you using? because on the latest one my Edge classic toolbar looks like this
  - matsmcp
    Steel Contributor
    Oct 15, 2019
    HotCakeX
    
    that screenshot is from an older one. Don't know exact build)
TanvirArjel
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2019

josh_bodner News feed is still broken! In each update you are adding more bugs than fixing 😂😂
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 15, 2019
  TanvirArjel
  Spoiler
  TanvirArjel wrote:
  
  josh_bodner News feed is still broken! In each update you are adding more bugs than fixing 😂😂
  Yeah, for me it had been like that for a few updates until Version 79.0.304 was released and that fixed the issue. (the issues are the same between Can and Dev)
- filetrekker1360
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 16, 2019
  If you can't stand the beta heat, get out of the beta fire?
  - Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 16, 2019
    filetrekker1360
    
    "If you can't stand the beta heat, get out of the beta fire?"
    
    Mmmm, indeed. Except the issue is many people do not realize what betas are. Ergo, they don't expect 'problems', things missing, stuff that doesn't work or doesn't work correctly, cosmetics that are not right (colours, spacing, positioning, layouts, et al). Betas are not & will not be perfection. They will have flaws, snags & breakages. This is why we work on them. Back in the day they were not offered to the public. But, even the public must be aware that betas are unfinished works-in-progress... products Insiders are helping to Build to have a solid, safe & Globally appealing product to release in a non-beta form. There is another similar cliche - "Beta testing is not for the faint of heart."
    
    Cheers,
    Drew
ProjectVRD
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2019
Nice stuff josh_bodner

I would like to make a suggestion, can you carry over the Site To Zones GPO feature that exists for Internet Explorer?

It's a god send in Small to Medium sized businesses that with Internet Explorer we can fully stop users downloading files from websites unless we assign the website one of the number values in the Group Policy setting to be either "1 - Intranet" or "2 - Trusted Sites".

This ofcourse implies that the GPO setting to prevent users downloading is also carried over
Chris Childerhose
Iron Contributor
Oct 16, 2019
josh_bodner - is there going to be an option to sync Collections at some point or even export/import them? I use them all the time on one laptop, but my other laptop, I have to rebuild the Collections.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 16, 2019
  Chris Childerhose
  Chris Childerhose wrote:
  josh_bodner - is there going to be an option to sync Collections at some point or even export/import them? I use them all the time on one laptop, but my other laptop, I have to rebuild the Collections.
  Hi,
  Word and Excel online are currently possible but I agree there needs to be more and preferably use the installed versions of them when available instead of Online.
anikun2k10
Brass Contributor
Oct 16, 2019
With this update in the last 12 hours my browser has crashed 3 times out of nowhere, doesnt freeze, just flatout closes without any notice and isnt bringing up the windows error reporting dialog either, though i am glad to see that the microsoft rewards page is back to working like it should with this update
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 16, 2019
  anikun2k10
  anikun2k10 wrote:
  With this update in the last 12 hours my browser has crashed 3 times out of nowhere, doesnt freeze, just flatout closes without any notice and isnt bringing up the windows error reporting dialog either, though i am glad to see that the microsoft rewards page is back to working like it should with this update
  
  Hi,
  you're hitting a known bug that was available previously on Canary and is now shipped to the Dev, But it is fixed in Canary so Dev needs to wait for the next update (every week) to get the patch
- cottonakin
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 17, 2019
  anikun2k10 I am also experiencing this...
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Oct 17, 2019
  anikun2k10
  
  Geeez, sure glad mine is not doing anything like that. Suggest you remove Dev & go get a fresh download & install anew. Get it, again, HERE
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
Red_namalas
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2019
josh_bodner
Hello, I noticed exiting reading mode takes a while, because the web page appears to reload. Can you add an option to keep these sites in memory when reading mode is enabled, to allow for smoother transition back to the original site.
That_s_Me
Brass Contributor
Oct 15, 2019
Hello josh_bodner,
Still no InPrivate menu in taskbar, like on this screenshot (not mine, Windows 10):
I'm using Windows 8.1 x64. Mine menu:
- filetrekker1360
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 16, 2019
  "I'm using Windows 8.1 x64"
  - wangshanghai
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 16, 2019
    My system operating is windows 10 X64,it is so difficult!filetrekker1360
ikjadoon
Bronze Contributor
Oct 16, 2019
josh_bodner

Was tab sync supposed to remove history syncing's placeholder? Hopefully a one-off bug and history syncing is still a planned feature for Chromium Edge.
DBRomano84
Copper Contributor
Oct 16, 2019
Please figure out a way to allow sync for Businesses with AD Connect to Azure for Teams Free allowing company login as MS Work account (without O365, my current employer is Software Assurance everything on Prem).
We can get other services syncing Like OneNote to their Work AD accounts via Azure login with this setup, why not allow sign into browser this way for Sync, currently I can sign in but it says sync disabled by Admin (I am the admin, please allow me to enable this) people want to sync these items across their work devices (Office PC, Surface, iOS devices), and I would love to make this the default browser and steer them in this direction over using personal accounts or worse Chrome + Personal...
Speaking of iOS that app let me sign in to my work MS account and enable sync for everything, but desktop app says disabled.