Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback. Hello, Insiders! We’re back with this week’s Top Feedback Summary. We have a couple updates that you all will be interested in. First, we added a new item to our list! Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents is now Under Review. This feature would allow users to use the table of contents in a PDF file as an interactive feature where one can click on an item in the list and go straight to it. We think you all will be excited to see that one of our top items has moved to In Discussion: Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge. We hope you will hop into the discussion thread to let us know how this feature was helpful for you. That’s it for this week! We will see you next week after the President’s Day holiday here in the US. Here’s the full updated list: Status Feedback On this list for Planned for February Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated 10 weeks Planned for February Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices 14 weeks Planned for February Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo 25 weeks Planned for February Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile 25 weeks Planned for Summer Enable sync of browsing history between devices 14 weeks Planned Edge cannot find devices to cast media 2 weeks Planned Make Edge available on Linux 3 weeks Planned Support read aloud of PDF files 3 weeks Planned Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close 13 weeks Planned Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar 15 weeks Planned (Join the discussion) Add the ability to ink on web pages 15 weeks Planned (Join the discussion) Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead 23 weeks Planned (Join the discussion) Provide different options for sorting favorites 25 weeks Planned (Learn more) Support themes from the Chrome Web Store 25 weeks Planned Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website 25 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window 20 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame 21 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome 23 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 25 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System 25 weeks In Discussion(Join the discussion) Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge 25 weeks In Discussion (Join the discussion) Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files 25 weeks In Discussion (Join the discussion) Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 25 weeks In Discussion (Join the discussion) Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 25 weeks In Discussion (Join the discussion) Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 25 weeks Under Review Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents NEW! Under Review Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page 25 weeks Under Review Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers 25 weeks Under Review Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page 25 weeks Not Planned Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close 13 weeks Not Planned (View the discussion) Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account 23 weeks And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback: Bring more extensions to the extensions store Edge should use less memory than it does Edge should use less CPU than it does Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files Opening a new tab is too slow Definitions: Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed Planned for… – We’re working on this and currently plan for it to be addressed in the Canary channel before the end of the month indicated Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet. In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum Under Review – We are reviewing this feedback internally and do not have a plan to share at this time. Quality Area – We will give extra weight to fixes and opportunities in this area. Please continue to report specific bugs and make specific asks. Archive of previously addressed topics: Feedback On this list for Addressed on Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page 20 weeks Jan 22, 2020 Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page 22 weeks Jan 22, 2020 Enable search in the extensions store 17 weeks Dec 19, 2019 The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo 1 week Nov 14, 2019 A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line 12 weeks Nov 14, 2019 YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified 1 week Nov 4, 2019 Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store 4 weeks Nov 4, 2019 Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion) 8 weeks October 29, 2019 Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link 1 week October 22, 2019 Inking for PDF files 9 weeks October 22, 2019 Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar 1 week October 15, 2019 Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme 6 weeks October 1, 2019 Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page 6 weeks October 1, 2019 ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages 6 weeks October 1, 2019 Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs 1 week September 17, 2019 Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date 4 weeks September 17, 2019 “Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser 2 weeks September 4, 2019 Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites 1 week August 29, 2019 Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps 1 week August 29, 2019 Drop down menus in some web pages are not working 1 week August 29, 2019 Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge Addressed before these posts started Build translation capabilities into the browser Addressed before these posts started Delete browsing history on exit Addressed before these posts started Show favorites bar only on the new tab page Addressed before these posts started Bring back reading view Addressed before these posts started Sync data with my work or school account Addressed before these posts started

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/add-the-epub-reader-from-edgeuwp-to-edge-chromium/m-p/991598#M16294 again I hope you consider adding the support to open epubs with the immersive reader function. This feedback reached 75 likes now

Omar-Os Spoiler (Highlight to read)Omar-Os wrote:MissyQ Also I'll paste this message with every time you renew this page since you guys don't care.Now Edge has released officially and I'm still waiting for:- Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window (Like in Firefox, IE and many others)- Middle Mouse Clicks to open new tabs when clicked on the tabs bar (Like in Firefox)- Move the opened tabs to the bookmarks toolbar by just dragging them with the mouse (Like in Firefox)- Built-in Ad-Blocker (Like in Opera)- Built-in VPN (Like in Opera)- Importing from Firefox (Which doesn't exists on 90% of the machines I've tried) which is a MAJOR bug!! It's basically the first step I'm going to do "when" I move to Edge !!So I'm not moving to Edge until these are added/fixed.. and trust me I want to move to Edge because I use almost all Microsoft products including Windows Defender,OneDrive, Office 356 and more! And everything is synced into my Microsoft account! And Edge is great so far and I want it to be synced too! But not perfect since these things and more are missing!They should be very very simple to add since they exists in Firefox like a decade and half ago... (Except for Ad-Blocker & VPN which exists in the useless Opera for years!)But looks like Edge still have years to be "near" perfect since you guys don't care much, and until then I see 0 reasons to use it and 0 reasons to change Firefox. wrote: Also I'll paste this message with every time you renew this page since you guys don't care.Now Edge has released officially and I'm still waiting for:- Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window (Like in Firefox, IE and many others)- Middle Mouse Clicks to open new tabs when clicked on the tabs bar (Like in Firefox)- Move the opened tabs to the bookmarks toolbar by just dragging them with the mouse (Like in Firefox)- Built-in Ad-Blocker (Like in Opera)- Built-in VPN (Like in Opera)- Importing from Firefox (Which doesn't exists on 90% of the machines I've tried) which is a MAJOR bug!! It's basically the first step I'm going to do "when" I move to Edge !!So I'm not moving to Edge until these are added/fixed.. and trust me I want to move to Edge because I use almost all Microsoft products including Windows Defender,OneDrive, Office 356 and more! And everything is synced into my Microsoft account! And Edge is great so far and I want it to be synced too! But not perfect since these things and more are missing!They should be very very simple to add since they exists in Firefox like a decade and half ago... (Except for Ad-Blocker & VPN which exists in the useless Opera for years!)But looks like Edge still have years to be "near" perfect since you guys don't care much, and until then I see 0 reasons to use it and 0 reasons to change Firefox.Firefox Import works. Both Microsoft and Mozilla have added support for each others' browsers, and not only stable, but also experimental channels. I have successfully Imported from Firefox 74/75 to Edge Canary 81/82.Edge has adblocker, in fact it's better than adblocker, it's a malware-blocker, miner-blocker, fingerprinting-blocker and more. edge://settings/privacyhttps://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/12/03/improving-tracking-prevention-microsoft-edge-79/Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser windowOpera VPN is lame when the network is using DPI and other stronger anti-censorship technique, personally tested. also the speed is too low. TOR is better and more secure.Also you might wanna read this article, it'll change your view on VPNs...https://www.privacytools.io/providers/vpn/

Thanks so much for everyone's thoughts and suggestions! cazafurcias42 We absolutely get the frustrations around this, my friend. Clark, the PM who owns this, posted last week a great explanation of the reasoning behind this decision. We want to make sure it's done right, not fast. If you would like, once this has been implemented, I can reach out to you and have you give it a try! Omar-Os I am sorry to see that there is a perception that we do not care. We are constantly evaluating how our users view us, and this breaks my heart. I would love to have a dialog with you in DMs about why you feel this way and if there may be ways we can improve this perception. You mention things being a "simple fix", however it's not. Firefox in particular isn't built on the same system the new Microsoft Edge is, so implementing those types of features take a lot of work on our side to be on par with where users want. You can see on the feedback list that we are working on tab features, we already do have a built in ad blocker (it's under Site Permissions, and blocks misleading ads found on a specific list - not all ads immediately), and everything else you've mentioned we've received feedback on as well. Even though we don't respond to every message ever on here (we're working to improve this), we do READ every message and ensure things are sent to the right people. It takes time to change things, and improving our response rate on these forums falls into that.

Warn on Close (Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window) has been Under Discussion for 21 weeks now (and Requested ever since the first test version), which is one of the most ridiculous things ever. All we want is an option to turn it on, and it's a simple flippin' warning dialog box! Just what exactly is there to discuss for months about this simple feature that many of us consider to be crucial (and really ought to have been present from the very beginning, along with an option for Don't Close Window when Closing Last Tab)? Despite all the pretence it's no wonder the Edge Dev team is accused of not caring about its users... After all, if a simple dialog box can't be added then what's the point even requesting any other feature that's remotely more complex?

What is the time frame for when a top feedback goes into discussion phase and before it is implemented in Edge canary for the first time?I'm asking it because there are already many old discussion threads of top feedbacks but none of them have been implemented in Edge so far. they are 3 months old.like these:Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading filesBring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft EdgeAren't you gonna wrap them up and post a conclusion?

MissyQ

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Feb 11, 2020

Top Feedback Summary for February 11

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.

Hello, Insiders! We’re back with this week’s Top Feedback Summary. We have a couple updates that you all will be interested in.

First, we added a new item to our list! Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents is now Under Review. This feature would allow users to use the table of contents in a PDF file as an interactive feature where one can click on an item in the list and go straight to it.

We think you all will be excited to see that one of our top items has moved to In Discussion: Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge. We hope you will hop into the discussion thread to let us know how this feature was helpful for you.

That’s it for this week! We will see you next week after the President’s Day holiday here in the US.

Here’s the full updated list:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Planned for February	Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated	10 weeks
Planned for February	Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices	14 weeks
Planned for February	Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo	25 weeks
Planned for February	Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile	25 weeks
Planned for Summer	Enable sync of browsing history between devices	14 weeks
Planned	Edge cannot find devices to cast media	2 weeks
Planned	Make Edge available on Linux	3 weeks
Planned	Support read aloud of PDF files	3 weeks
Planned	Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close	13 weeks
Planned	Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar	15 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Add the ability to ink on web pages	15 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead	23 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Provide different options for sorting favorites	25 weeks
Planned (Learn more)	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	25 weeks
Planned	Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window	20 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	21 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	23 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	25 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	25 weeks
Under Review	Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents	NEW!
Under Review	Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page	25 weeks
Under Review	Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers	25 weeks
Under Review	Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page	25 weeks
Not Planned	Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close	13 weeks
Not Planned (View the discussion)	Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account	23 weeks

And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:

Bring more extensions to the extensions store

Edge should use less memory than it does

Edge should use less CPU than it does

Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages

Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files

Opening a new tab is too slow

Definitions:

Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels

Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed

Planned for… – We’re working on this and currently plan for it to be addressed in the Canary channel before the end of the month indicated

Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet.

In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum

Under Review – We are reviewing this feedback internally and do not have a plan to share at this time.

Quality Area – We will give extra weight to fixes and opportunities in this area. Please continue to report specific bugs and make specific asks.

Archive of previously addressed topics:

Feedback	On this list for	Addressed on
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page	20 weeks	Jan 22, 2020
Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page	22 weeks	Jan 22, 2020
Enable search in the extensions store	17 weeks	Dec 19, 2019
The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo	1 week	Nov 14, 2019
A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line	12 weeks	Nov 14, 2019
YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified	1 week	Nov 4, 2019
Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store	4 weeks	Nov 4, 2019
Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion)	8 weeks	October 29, 2019
Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link	1 week	October 22, 2019
Inking for PDF files	9 weeks	October 22, 2019
Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar	1 week	October 15, 2019
Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme	6 weeks	October 1, 2019
Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page	6 weeks	October 1, 2019
ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages	6 weeks	October 1, 2019
Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs	1 week	September 17, 2019
Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date	4 weeks	September 17, 2019
“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser	2 weeks	September 4, 2019
Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites	1 week	August 29, 2019
Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps	1 week	August 29, 2019
Drop down menus in some web pages are not working	1 week	August 29, 2019
Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge	Addressed before these posts started
Build translation capabilities into the browser	Addressed before these posts started
Delete browsing history on exit	Addressed before these posts started
Show favorites bar only on the new tab page	Addressed before these posts started
Bring back reading view	Addressed before these posts started
Sync data with my work or school account	Addressed before these posts started

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