Discussion - Set Aside Tabs and Warn on Close

Elliot Kirk I'll be frank here. I don't need another Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to use. There's plenty of those browsers out there with the exact same feel to them, and the main reason I used the previous Microsoft Edge was because of its unique aesthetic. The sharp, square tabs, the customizability and the focused view it offered were just so pleasing to look at, as compared to the the typical rounded borders used in literally every other browser. I request you to at least implement the option to use sharp borders, just as you did in the Microsoft Launcher update.

That, and the other more prominent inconveniences other than just the loss of aesthetics in the new Edge.

Firstly, losing the Set Aside Tabs feature was something that distinguished this browser from the numerous other substitutes. Such a convenient feature meant that we could easily avoid cluttered workspaces and maintain focus on what was relevant. Imagine my surprise when, after updating Microsoft Edge, I completely lost all the tabs that I had set aside earlier. All those important tabs, just gone! Although I admit that I do have backups of all my browser histories, it is such a hassle to keep on referring to it, in hopes of finding the tabs I had set aside. I request you to find a way to bring back all the tabs that were lost from the Set Tabs Aside feature in the previous Edge, as I had used this feature rather excessively in the past.

While the Collections feature does come quite close to imitating the Set Aside Tabs feature, it's just not the same as when we could easily click the button on the top-left corner to shove away all the tabs for later reference.

Further, it is a tad bit annoying when you need to look at browser history in the new Edge, as it opens up a new tab displaying the list of sites visited. Again, I reiterate: I do not require another imitation of Google Chrome. The convenient display of browser history to the side of the same tab in the previous Edge was, among others, the crucial element as to why Edge was far superior to other browsers. It allowed users to refer back and forth among the sites that were open, and also directly compare the browsing history with the contents of an open tab for statistical purposes like noting similarities in websites visited across devices.

Moreover, the Close All Tabs? query dialog box that popped up whenever we attempted to close a window was, I believe, something which Microsoft first implemented in their Internet Explorer browser. No other browser had such a feature (Firefox recently installed it last year) in case a user accidentally attempted to close a window. Please bring back that feature as soon as possible.

To summarize, please stop imitating other browsers in hopes of catching on to the latest trends in the market. This newer Edge completely ignores all the characteristic elements of the previous Edge that made it popular in the first place, and also why I used Edge as my primary browser. I apologize if this reply sounded a bit harsh, but I believe acting against the wishes of a loyal consumer base will only further diminish Edge's popularity.

As much as I hate to say it, without these unique feature, Edge is just a dime a dozen among the countless other browsers, and I would have no further reason to keep on using it in the future.