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MissyQ
Microsoft
MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for July 15
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey, Insiders! We had a wonderful summer (in the northern hemisphere) break over the past two weeks, but we're back now with our regularly scheduled updates. Let’s get to it!
First, we’re quite excited to announce that Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list is moving to Planned! While we don’t have much to share in terms of how this will be done, the team is planning how to address this for you all.
Additionally, during our break the team implemented the Highlighter tool for PDF files. We are marking this as Addressed. To access the highlighter, open a PDF in Microsoft Edge. At the top right, you will see the new option for Highlight. Click the drop-down arrow at the right of the button to select the desired color of the highlighter. Eraser is also supported on highlights. Tapping on Erase button and dragging across a highlight will remove it from the text. We have pen support coming soon.
We do still have more updates coming to the PDF reader, you can find out more about those in our PDF roadmap. We are always looking to hear from you, so let us know what you think of this tool and other changes you’d like to see with PDFs over on that thread. Additionally, submitting any feedback through the browser itself gets your thoughts and suggestions to the team.
This week we are also closing out two items as Not Planned, and one as our new status Alternative Planned. These three are around Fluent design, and we provided an update on our plans here. Let us know your thoughts on this update in the thread!
As always, thanks so much to you all for helping us shape Edge into the browser you want. We’ll see you next week!
Here’s the updated list for this week:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed |
Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
Planned for Summer |
Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
22 weeks |
|
Planned for Summer |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
36 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
5 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
9 weeks |
|
Planned |
Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
11 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
14 weeks |
|
Planned |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
19 weeks |
|
Planned |
Make Edge available on Linux |
25 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web pages |
37 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
47 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
47 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
47 weeks |
|
Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
47 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
47 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
42 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
45 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
10 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
14 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 |
|
Not planned (See the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
35 weeks |
And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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Update does not always work reliably |
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.
Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.
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:
Spoiler
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (Read the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
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Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
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Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
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Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
19 weeks |
Mar 19. 2020 |
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Some users are unable to access any web page |
3 weeks |
Mar 11, 2020 |
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Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Mar 4, 2020 |
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Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
17 weeks |
Feb 26, 2020 |
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Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
24 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo |
1 week |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
12 weeks |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified |
1 week |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store |
4 weeks |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion) |
8 weeks |
October 29, 2019 |
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Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link |
1 week |
October 22, 2019 |
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Inking for PDF files |
9 weeks |
October 22, 2019 |
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Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar |
1 week |
October 15, 2019 |
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Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs |
1 week |
September 17, 2019 |
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Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date |
4 weeks |
September 17, 2019 |
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“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser |
2 weeks |
September 4, 2019 |
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Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Drop down menus in some web pages are not working |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Build translation capabilities into the browser |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
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MissyQ Good to see you all back, hope you and the team had a good summer!
- This summer most likely which has started.
- "Enable sync of browsing history between devices"
Would that include tab sync as well, or is that considered seperate? MissyQ thank you for sharing.
Regarding to Alternative Planned, please add some more details about it (when ready). We are curious about how it is going to be addressed.
MissyQ Is anyone discussing/working on Collections links always opening in a new tab instead of in the currently active tab? I submitted feedback for this a few months ago. Currently, we have to be careful and manually watch out that we opened a new tab or that contents of the current tab are no longer needed before clicking on a collections link.
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Exactly!
In my work I open literally dozens of websites in the same time!
And I write and edit A LOT in wordpress..
And I often click close by a mistake sometimes! So imagine when all this is just GONE and all what I wrote and edited is just GONE because they don't have this little simple important feature ! Not to mention that this is how I count the opening tabs!
I didn't move to Edge yet just because of this missing feature.
Any plans to keep developing the global media controls. It worked fine for the majority of the beta then it was moved to flags (likely because it wasn't ready for release), and now when enabled in flags it causes the browser to lock up and freeze. I just want to make sure this super nice feature doesn't get lost in flags forever and never gets finished.
- Provide transparent theme not planned..even though it's among the top features people are asking for and live those suggestions.
Fluent design can have transparency levels. just like what we see in Windows 10, in the new Xbox app, in the new Windows Terminal, in Office 365 and many other areas. - waiting for fluent design !
SayanBhar Yes it's the most wanted feature. The current edge version is very laggy. With the fluent design, I hope to see the browser as polished one like telegram in android. Telegram is a very polished app and seems no lag at all even in very low-end smartphones whereas the WhatsApp lags.
Same is the case with Microsoft edge. Edge always lags in opening a new tab, scrolling on history/favourites page is very hurting, when you search for the cookies in view all cookies page performance hurts a lot - searching always takes place on the input thread while it should be on an independent thread. The threads aren't properly taken care of in the browser. Most important thing is that there is GUI is still pixellated on the screen in these days of reusable GUI being prominent and responsive. Also, to increase responsiveness of the current browser the GUI should be made available in certain scenarios where it can be before starting to perform background operations.
It has been an awesome journey till now, but there has not been done much. The edge chromium is just the duplex of chrome browser. There may be some new features in the edge chromium but in terms of performance its still the same. Moreover these days I felling the chrome canary as being more responsive.
