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FEEDBACK: "Basic" Modern Browser functionality still missing from Edge...
leeuniverse To expand a bit on dftf-wip's answers, you should try enabling Tab Close Controller in edge://flags. History button now has a Recently Closed section that will show you the list of closed tabs. When you close the browser with several tabs, they will be grouped together so you can reopen all of them in one go. Pin the list and middle click to open several of them in new tabs.
As for your select text to drag in same page, I see alot of issues happening with that option. For one, not having a specific target for the drop creates confusion as to what the action should be. That is why dragging it to address bar is very clear user intent. Quite often, users will select text to highlight where they are in a page, copy, etc. and it is very easy to accidently drag the content without meaning to. With your option, it would create new windows and users would be upset because it disrupted their system. We need to remember that alot of users are not as precise in their mouse usage. That precision is even worse with trackpads.
Same kind of issues with double click to close. Most modern mice have higher rates of single click failures that get turned into double clicks. I've gone through 2 mice already with that issue.
1. That could be useful to someone, but I don't see a need for that personally. Though, thanks for the thoughts, I would still like to see a Reopen Closed Tabs button like I mentioned.
2. LOL...
- A few browsers have had this ability for a long time, and I've used it myself since the MyIE2 (aka Maxthon Classic) days (like 25 years), I think they were the first to develop the the drag-and-drop feature. There is no "confusion" on what the browser should do.... If it's text it opens a new tab doing a search with your favorite search engine. If it's a link, then it opens a tab going to the webpage, aka the link.
- Dragging to the address bar does the same exact thing, it either searches if it's text, or it goes to the wepage. That is just a LONG unnecessary action. Browsers have been doing drag and drop for at least 25 years now, and it's not an "issue". I have ONLY used ones that do it how I describe (though tested others, and don't like how they do it). Once you've tried it, you'll find it's very nice. You just quickly double-click the text or text-link on the page, drag it half an inch, and BAM... a new tab opens searching for that text or going to the webpage. It's super nice. Again, nobody is forcing you to use it, it can be a setting. It's simply a MUST for me.
- In my 25 years of using this feature, being involved in the Development of Maxthon (tester and mod developer), I've NEVER heard of anyone having a problem with confusing drag and drop and "copy and paste"... LOL You're thinking of a problem that just doesn't exist.
Further, like I said, nobody is forced to use this feature, it can be a simple setting that YOU choose to enable or not.
However, I'm not "insenstive" to your concern... For example, I recently tried using my mouse with my LEFT-Hand.... and my control was so poor, that I would accidentally close tabs (when simply clicking on them). I double click to close my tabs, so somehow just clicking tabs with the poor control of my Left hand would close tabs sometimes.
However, the nice thing about modern browsers, is 360Chrome for example has a feature which allows you to also "mouse over" a Tab (when you're on it for like 3 sec's (I think you can even choose the time) ), and it comes to view without having to click on it.
So, if people for example have the lack of control you mention, well, if Edge doesn't have this feature, and people like to enable the double-click to close tabs also, they can enable this other setting to prevent them from accidentally closing tabs they don't want to close.
- Well, I use Gaming Mice, and never have a problem with Double-click to close tabs, save when using my LEFT hand as I just mentioned, but it's resolvable with another Setting, at least in 360Chrome. It should be something Edge adds also, to help with people in your situation.
Also, as I've said already, nobody is "forced" to use ANY of these features that I require.
They ALL can be Settings you chose to use/enable or not.
So, no need to complain about the "exceptions" out there to anything.
Thanks for your contribution however...