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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for May 12
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey, Insiders! This week is incredibly light with no changes to the list.
With no updates this week, we’d like to take the time to thank you all. We are constantly in awe of how excited you all are to share your thoughts, suggestions, and complaints with us. It makes us think of how we build things in different ways, and that will make all of us better. Thanks so much to all of you are submitting feedback and seeing the changes you suggest going live.
Have a suggestion or notice something acting a bit differently than what you’re used to seeing? Please submit that feedback through the browser!
Lastly, if you have thoughts on something that is on this list and it has a discussion thread, remember to jump into that and offer suggestions! While these threads are still open and on this list, we definitely want to continue to see your thoughts in there.
We’ll see you all with our update next week!
Here’s this week’s updated list:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Planned for Summer |
Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
13 weeks |
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Planned for Summer |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
27 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
1 week |
|
Planned |
Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
2 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
5 weeks |
|
Planned |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
10 weeks |
|
Planned |
Highlighter tool for PDF files |
12 weeks |
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Planned |
Edge cannot find devices to cast media |
15 weeks |
|
Planned |
Make Edge available on Linux |
16 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support read aloud of PDF files |
16 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web pages |
28 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
38 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
38 weeks |
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Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
38 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Mouse cursor sometimes disappears |
5 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
33 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
34 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
36 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
38 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
38 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
38 weeks |
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In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
38 weeks |
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In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
38 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
38 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
1 week |
|
Under Review |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
5 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
13 weeks |
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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.
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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Some users lose their favorites on update to Microsoft Edge |
4 weeks |
Apr 21, 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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I use the old edge Browser to correct students Papers because of one thing I miss in the new one.
The old Edge differs between pen and finger when inking and scrolling. So it has no further tab on the inking button when scolling or zooming though a paper. This is extremly important to workflow and I can't find it in your list. Could you include it?
Always, can you put Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page as "Planned" and not "Adressed" ?
Since it is still not implemented in Edge
In the state, this option will never be added
And some PDFs cannot be read from the browser (from some sites, forced to download them)
Possible to integrate this function ?Thanks
I really hope that Read Aloud support for PDF's will be changed to Planned for Summer. This is one feature that keeps me from making the complete transition to the new version of Edge. I need this for reading PDF files that are shared to me in some of my classes.
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David_H_1I'm not here to get into any debates, but there's nothing wrong with proprietary software. Only care about money? A software company—or an individual independent dev—works hard to code a good program. They are entitled to copyright protection AND to the compensation they can get from selling their own creations. If they want to open source it, great. But if not, no one has any ethical grounds to complain. The mentality you've expressed just drives me nuts.
I'm really sorry. At least I deleted the reply by replacing it with [DELETED]. But I am so naive to think that because Edge is free (without charge), so it should be open source? You shouldn't use the derogatory term "mentality", though.
I am extremely dissatisfied with your services. Microsoft Edge on Linux is postponed for many weeks! Still no timeline!!! Edge is the ONLY browser which supports FULL colour font rendering and H.265 support!!! Please, please make Microsoft available on Linux ASAP even if you don't want to disclose any of the source code (proprietary, as always) !!! It would be better if you can disclose part of the source code to security experts in order to debug and find exploits.
- Linux version, please! If Edge would support hardware video acceleration (va-api and such) and focus on font rendering (respect system-wide settings for subpixel rendering and hinting - surprisingly, not a single Linux web browser seems to do that and often override those with their own, depending on font family, for example) it would be a killer.
