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Mar 15, 2020

ptrlkrs wrote:
MissyQ

Hi! there! Thanks for posting and updating this. Thumbs up, very commendable.

Have a suggestion on something I think holds many, many, many users from switching to Edge fully.

Been using Chrome for a number of years but always considering a switch to Edge, and very much so in the past few months. Chrome is starting to feel old and they mishandle some aspects of the user experience, e.g. pdf-documents and how the phase out of flash is managed and communicated.

With the new Edge version, the switch from Chrome looks like a no-brainer, at first. Very, very similar, and mostly just improvements. However, there is one thing that's always held me back from this switch, and while I thought it was now finally fixed, it seems it was not.

--> How is it that Microsoft cannot get the "Recently closed" tabs feature to work??

It's mind-boggling! Is it that hard to do? Can't see why. Seems more like someone in the development team has an OCD-issue with making the browser scrub cache and files containing history, leading it to do more of that than intended.

Microsoft, while fantastic in many respects, is infamous for the poor user experience associated with updates of MS products. For W10, you are frequently forced to restart and thus to restart your entire workflow. Over and over and over again. But MS does little to make this easier for the user.

Chrome, however, does. And this was one main reason I stuck with it. Whenever a work session for whatever reason crashes (very rarely these days), or a computer restart was forced upon me due to some update (still comes very often), I could always trust Chrome to have my back.

If the session is "shut down abruptly", the user is offered to restart the browser with the same set of tabs as in most recent session. AND, most importantly, the user can ALWAYS go to History, and there, under "Recently closed", there is an solid, accurate and consistently available list.

--> With Edge, this is still not fixed! Almost any time I want to use "Recently closed", the list is empty!! Certainly after a (forced) update, the list is empty and all is lost.

So, I ask, how many times of having to restart after an (forced) update of W10, finding the "Recently closed" list in the browser empty and useless, does it take before a user givers up and reverts back to Chrome?

wrote: Hi! there! Thanks for posting and updating this. Thumbs up, very commendable. Have a suggestion on something I think holds many, many, many users from switching to Edge fully. Been using Chrome for a number of years but always considering a switch to Edge, and very much so in the past few months. Chrome is starting to feel old and they mishandle some aspects of the user experience, e.g. pdf-documents and how the phase out of flash is managed and communicated. With the new Edge version, the switch from Chrome looks like a no-brainer, at first. Very, very similar, and mostly just improvements. However, there is one thing that's always held me back from this switch, and while I thought it was now finally fixed, it seems it was not. --> How is it that Microsoft cannot get the "Recently closed" tabs feature to work?? It's mind-boggling! Is it that hard to do? Can't see why. Seems more like someone in the development team has an OCD-issue with making the browser scrub cache and files containing history, leading it to do more of that than intended. Microsoft, while fantastic in many respects, is infamous for the poor user experience associated with updates of MS products. For W10, you are frequently forced to restart and thus to restart your entire workflow. Over and over and over again. But MS does little to make this easier for the user. Chrome, however, does. And this was one main reason I stuck with it. Whenever a work session for whatever reason crashes (very rarely these days), or a computer restart was forced upon me due to some update (still comes very often), I could always trust Chrome to have my back. If the session is "shut down abruptly", the user is offered to restart the browser with the same set of tabs as in most recent session. AND, most importantly, the user can ALWAYS go to History, and there, under "Recently closed", there is an solid, accurate and consistently available list. --> With Edge, this is still not fixed! Almost any time I want to use "Recently closed", the list is empty!! Certainly after a (forced) update, the list is empty and all is lost. So, I ask, how many times of having to restart after an (forced) update of W10, finding the "Recently closed" list in the browser empty and useless, does it take before a user givers up and reverts back to Chrome?

Lots of issues in one single comment.

restart requirement in Windows 10 after installing a cumulative update, which is a monthly update, is not new. any OS update in every operation system today needs a restart. Mac, Android, IOS, Windows and Linux.
I'm using Windows 10 insider fast ring, it receives a major update roughly every 1 week, it still doesn't cause any issues, because after 1 week of using computer, I can let it restart at least once.
Which version and Channel of Edge are you using?
There is this feature to use, to put tabs aside and recover them later. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/set-aside-tab-feature-collection-added-to-edge-insider-canary/td-p/1228062
Whenever I need to restart my Windows or for any reason need to close Edge with all tabs open, I use this to reopen all my previous tabs. you can use it too.

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