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josh_bodner
Jun 24, 2020Silver Contributor
Dev channel update to 85.0.552.1 is live
Hello Insiders! Today we’re releasing build 85.0.552.1 to the Dev channel. Like last week, we’ve got a lot to talk about:
First, we’ve got a small blog post highlighting the improvements in...
sprite-1
Jun 25, 2020Brass Contributor
josh_bodner Can you maybe make the sidebar search float over the webpage instead of pushing content? When the page gets pushed, context goes out of view because the content positions gets shifted around
WolfIcefang
Jun 25, 2020Iron Contributor
I think this is a really big deal. Pushing webpages to the left and right is, to me at least, a big part of what makes Edge... Edge. Collections and Sidebar search already do it, and Vertical Tabs are gearing up to implement it soon. Personally, I've only had mild issues with the mechanic; every once in a blue moon, a website will reload instead of resizing. My guess as to why it is so reliable is that it treats the situation the same was as it would if I restored down a maximized window. Websites and web browsers have already been doing it for... I don't know, 20 years? On the other hand, I have generally had much worse experiences when using "floating" menus, which some of my extensions use. With a pushing sidebar, I only have to scroll once to get back to the context I need. With a floating menu, especially if there is text that spans the width of the page, I might have to continuously juggle the menu just to read a few lines - and don't even think about trying to highlight something. That's also assuming the floating menus can be dragged to other parts of the screen in the first place. Take the description of images on NASA's APOD website as an example. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html If we let the right portion of the screen get covered, we're chopping off parts of sentences.
I want to see Edge add MORE "pushing" sidebars, not less. For example, Edge Legacy's Hub had a useful "recently downloaded" pane that could make it easier to move a file from a cloud storage platform to a social media page.
I just want to know what issues you're experiencing more specifically, since our views are polar opposites.
If you already made a detailed post about it in the past, just tell me and I'll find it on your user profile. 👍
I want to see Edge add MORE "pushing" sidebars, not less. For example, Edge Legacy's Hub had a useful "recently downloaded" pane that could make it easier to move a file from a cloud storage platform to a social media page.
I just want to know what issues you're experiencing more specifically, since our views are polar opposites.
If you already made a detailed post about it in the past, just tell me and I'll find it on your user profile. 👍