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MissyQ
Microsoft
MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for November 17
Hello there, Insiders! We’re back with your top feedback items, and we’re moving several things around for this last update in November. Let’s jump right into it!
First, we have an update to vertical tabs. Enable vertical tabs feature is now Planned for January. While a lot of Edge Insiders currently have this feature in our Dev and Canary channels, we plan on officially closing this item out once it’s live in all of our channels. We expect this to make it into more channels starting with Edge 88, which will reach Stable in January; we'll make sure to keep y'all in the loop if this changes. The team would love to hear your thoughts on vertical tabs, so please continue to submit your feedback through the browser!
Another popular request from users like yourselves is the warning that you are going to close all tabs when you exit the browser. This week, we are marking Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window as Planned for December. Insiders should start seeing this in Canary then; keep an eye out for whenever that option appears for you!
Next up, PDF documents now support comments! Vyankatesh and the PDF team posted a detailed Forums post about how this feature works. With this, we’re closing out Add “text notes” feature to PDF files as Addressed. The team has been working hard to bring you all the PDF features you are looking for, and you can see where we were back in June in the PDF Roadmap and our other PDF updates back in September. If you have feedback about PDF features, you can always drop a comment in any of those threads for the team to see.
For our final update, an update to our look and feel. Back in July, we talked about how Fluent Design is an evolving system, and the Edge team will continue to align with the changes as they happen. Examples of this include the soft, rounded corners you see across Microsoft products and continuing with the iconography updates we’ve introduced into Edge 88’s settings and menus. Today, we are marking Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System as Alternative Addressed. It’s important to note that even though we are considering this overly broad item addressed, the team will continue to track specific design requests individually. If you have a specific design change in mind that you would love for the team to see, head to the … menu in the top right of your browser > Help and feedback > Send feedback.
That’s it for this week! Next week is a holiday for us in the US, Thanksgiving! We will not be doing our regular Dev channel update, which means no Top Feedback or Change Summary updates. We also do not expect to be doing any minor Dev, Beta, or Stable releases (we expect the Stable channel to receive Edge 87 this week). However, Canary will be updated on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We will chat at you all the first week of December!
Here’s the updated list for this week:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed |
Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
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Alternative Addressed |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
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Planned for October (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web page content |
55 weeks |
|
Planned for November |
Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
29 weeks |
|
Planned for November |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
55 weeks |
|
Planned for November (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
65 weeks |
|
Planned for December |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
37 weeks |
|
Planned for December |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
60 weeks |
|
Planned for December |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
65 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Enable vertical tabs feature |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable kiosk mode |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some passwords are not saved |
8 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add dictionary in PDF |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
16 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
16 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
22 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
22 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
23 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
28 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
32 weeks |
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Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
65 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
32 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
65 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
3 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 |
|
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 |
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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Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
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Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
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Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
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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 |
|
|
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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As usual you haven't delivered November's features or even October's...
Just say the features are coming soon to avoid future embarrassments...- I like the new update and i'm using the canary edge
Keep working! Edge Team! 😃 MissyQ I love the new Icon overhaul. Thing is currently edge is too shabby and huge looking on laptops. The UI is fine for Bigger screen desktops but the address bar, toolbar, menu bar and right click context menu are too huge and cover up whole screen if 2-3 extensions that utilise it are installed. That's the only reason am unable to switch to edge completely. Am sure this was planned part of Fluent Design changes under the category of disable Tablet UI for non Tablet Devices. Kindly Look into implementing it ASAP please. Also the Read Aloud Feature doesn't work as intended on PDF files and big documents, would love to see some improvements on that too. Rest all greatly done. Good Job Team.
A couple of observations about vertical tabs...
- I think the icons on the buttons are the wrong way around. When the tabs are horizontal, shouldn't the button show the vertical tabs - to indicate that that's what you'll get when you click the button? Similarly, when vertical tabs are showing, the button's icon should show the horizontal tab - to show that that's what you'll get when you click the button.
- It'd be great if, when pinned, you could drag to resize the width of the column containing the vertical tabs.
Thanks - keep up the good work! :o)
- Chris
- Chris_Roberts Let's all send feedback!
- Chris_Roberts I got an email saying that the Edge team is actively looking into my feedback. 🙂
- I strongly believe that if Edge would have subtle transparency option for the top bar and reveal effect on hover over a tab, that the competition would straight up feel ancient compared to Edge. And finally bringing history sync making a top priority.
Couple things with the new favorites menu:
I can no longer middle-click on a folder to open all of its contents into new tabs (this is how I've been browsing for years! I feel hamstrung haha).
I have an "Other Favorites" folder that I can no longer get rid of (its contents are empty, and I haven't imported anything).
Regarding some long standing stuff that's been a bother since chromium:
A group policy similar to one that we had with legacy edge to sync favorites to the old legacy internet explorer format (actual file directory on the PC) would be useful for legacy sync operations (iTunes for instance, only reads the classic IE favorites folder).
Still can't set new tab page to a specific URL (eg. "about:blank") unless the system is joined to a domain.
Internet Explorer is only here for very rare site compatibility situations, usually for lazy developers that don't update their local sites. there is no point in wasting any time on that.
for 99% of people, stuff that is in Edge about IE is bloatware and extra stuff that we would like to get rid of, just makes the browser heavy. 99% of people should suffer for 1%.
ITunes or whatever app needs to update their system to work with modern browsers.
IE is long dead, can't even call it legacy, EdgeHTML is legacy.
new Edge browser has on-premise sync feature.
MissyQ Thanks for the update. Just wanted to say that I'm loving the vertical tabs feature in the Canary channel on both macOS and Windows!
This LInk Features currently not available in the new Microsoft Edge really shows you how much progress the people at Microsoft really have made in the transition of features from the Legacy edge to the New Chromium Edge.
- They need to update that list lol
- Are they working on something called link previews because that would be a nice feature to have as well as both tab previews?
MissyQ Personally I would really appreciate any UI improvements to make Edge more aligned with Fluent Design, I won't rehash what others have said, and the updated icons are a nice touch, but there really needs to be much more fundamental UI changes before Edge is even close to being aligned with Fluent Design. Personally, I really like the Fluent Design UI, and I loved the UI of the legacy Edge.
