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Is there a roadmap for key features like Set Aside, Reading Mode, Add Notes, etc.
Is there any roadmap for key features like Set Aside, Reading Mode, Add Notes, Share this page, and the ability to show (or not) these in the toolbar?
Yeah, those are all big features for me, too, which keep me using Microsoft Edge.
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I am very frustrated to learn that Add Note has been removed. I used this feature everyday and was very upset to learn I need to find a new program to use now. Honestly, it was the only reason I used this browser and I'm not sure I'll have much need for it now. I've seen the collection option and I think, to be blunt, it is garbage comparatively. One, it won't add the page to the collection. Two, even if it did work, I am an academic, not a frequent online buyer, so the collection option offers me far less than the Add Note feature. Let's all hope they can fix this soon, it would be in their best interests.
Adding notes with surface pen is a must, no other browser supports this so useful feature - scribbling on an article when learning something in Edge is just awesome.
Reading list is also a great feature to collect interesting articles and sync between devices. I guess one could use favourites, but that's not convenient.
Agreed. I use my SP4 for class and take notes with the pen and the Add Notes feature. It allows me to quickly review and look up info. I also take notes on articles & other items vs scribbling in a notebook. Unfortunately I did the upgrade not knowing these features were removed. This has thrown off my studying. For now I have to go back to pen & paper or use another app (which is a waste). Please add back these features. aloneguid
- No thousands of features to slow down browser and load worthless PC resources. If user want this so much, put it as extensions. No embedded garbage features. Browser's first priority is to have web navigation as fast as possible.
Agree with Octavian20604. Hopefully the useful features, e.g. adding notes (web pages, PDF, etc), set aside, and so on will be available as extensions soon for testing.
My only actual real gripe towards edge was that it was incapable of handling iframe srcdoc, i had no other problems with its speed or functionality, with the reading list and add note and share features running, even on some potato laptops.
I can not see those features ruining performance unless they are coded terribly badly
On the other hand, they were very useful and unique to edge, i considered them a core feature
Nobody is saying it has to have thousands of features, but features like set aside and add notes were very popular and microsoft knows if edge offers no features over chrome or even doesn't offer an adequate experience to chrome then everyone will just install chrome and use that.
edward2-_1880 I agree with you. Especially since the address bar can quickly become a mess when you use more than a few plugins. It can quickly become ridiculous.
- Add Note and share option would be nice and very useful
- I'd like to add another request for Set Aside Tabs. It's a fantastic feature that I've come to rely on for several of my workflows. I hope it will remain part of Edge, regardless of rendering engine, for the foreseeable future.
Agreed. These are tools that cannot be left out. These were the selling points for the old Edge.
Thank you for the feedback Deleted. Reading mode is being worked upon and presently is available via edge://flags. Just seach for "Reading View".
Please selfhost and share feedback.
We hear you, Deleted. I have sent this feedback up the chain to the right folks. Thank you all for your interest in our browser. What are the features and fixes that you are most looking forward to seeing on a roadmap?
Thanks,
Elliot
Elliot Kirk A number of us have been requesting that the Edge team provide us with a development roadmap, a known issues list, a changelog (probably abbreviated of necessity) and "test this, test that" direction. I assume that the Edge team has developed a development roadmap, at least at a high level, specifying features/functions that Microsoft intends to include in the release version. Can that list, in some form that we can use to look ahead, be posted in a link that is accessible to Edge Insider testers?
- Agree with tomscharbach. This would make testing so much more efficient.
Elliot Kirk wrote:We hear you, Deleted. I have sent this feedback up the chain to the right folks. Thank you all for your interest in our browser. What are the features and fixes that you are most looking forward to seeing on a roadmap?
Thanks,
Elliot
Elliot Kirkthe two absolutely critical ones for me, which I use daily, are Set Aside and Reading List, and then slightly less critical but very very important to me is the Share button as I regularly share pages between devices (without having to trawl through the Timeline). Being able to having these, as well as Favourites and downloads, all on the toolbar is fundamental to my workflow.
The Add notes feature from Edge classic will be a great addtition to Edge Chromium. It is so convenient to scribble my notes or ideas while researching using this feature and save them for later.
- I fully agree. These are very useful features in the old Edge
vygadekaMicrosoft
Deleted we (Microsoft Edge team) have an eye on all these feature requests. It would be great if you could send in-product feedback using the Smiley face icon so that the feedback reaches directly to the Mictosoft Edge team.
