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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
Thank you MissyQ for update.
Add note is on-demand feature.
Users would be very excited for vertical tab.
- About open the favourite
I'd like to add a feature that allows you to open favorites in a new tab with a single left mouse button, instead of covering the current using page. Here are some reasons.
First of all, when you click, the left mouse button is more comfortable and easier to press than the middle mouse button. Second, whether it is the middle mouse button or CTRL+ pressing left mouse button to open the favorites, the page will open in the background without jumping to a new page. Of course, pressing Ctrl + Shift + left mouse button at the same time can achieve the desired effect, but it is very troublesome. It is not as convenient as clicking the left mouse button to open the favorite. Finally, I also hope that developers can see my suggestion and open a separate post for users to discuss the practicability of this function. Thank you very much.- Spoiler
kinmfer wrote:
About open the favourite
I'd like to add a feature that allows you to open favorites in a new tab with a single left mouse button, instead of covering the current using page. Here are some reasons.
First of all, when you click, the left mouse button is more comfortable and easier to press than the middle mouse button. Second, whether it is the middle mouse button or CTRL+ pressing left mouse button to open the favorites, the page will open in the background without jumping to a new page. Of course, pressing Ctrl + Shift + left mouse button at the same time can achieve the desired effect, but it is very troublesome. It is not as convenient as clicking the left mouse button to open the favorite. Finally, I also hope that developers can see my suggestion and open a separate post for users to discuss the practicability of this function. Thank you very much.Use this extension, it automatically switches to the newly opened tab, from webs or from favorites.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/switch-to-new-tab/lfpdoeknpnclenhlmblmenpafkbcgdbg/related
CTRL + left click
Middle mouse button
Right-click and open favorites
all of them work with that extension. extensions are here to add rare features to Edge for those that want it.
MissyQsaid "we are marking Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System as Alternative Addressed."
Ridiculous. People wanted transparency effects.
cheeseleader I was hoping for transparent tabs at the top.
ethanmenzel wrote:cheeseleader I was hoping for transparent tabs at the top.
ethanmenzel And imagine transparent vertical tabs with tab previews. And collections !!
Win UI / Project reunion should make it possible for edge to be more like a UWP app and if it doesn't chromium edge will continue looking like a toy compared to the original Microsoft Edge.
- I'd love transparency effect too, but I've only seen it on UWP apps so far
- Microsoft nowadays is just like this, they brag about gallons of fruits, and just give you a single piece if peanut. Talking about "Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System" and giving out just "Icon redesign", wth!, Although I would admit that I really like the redesigned icons, they did a great job, but transparency and reveal effects are the ones we are hoping.
There are still a LOT of design changes to be made. Tooltips, dropdown menus, and right-click menus are all still Material Design and not Fluent Design and are inconsistent with the rest of Windows (no transparency, no reveal effects, no animations). The new icons are also inconsistent with the rest of Windows, unless icons will be updated across the rest of Windows too (any information on that? [EDIT: looking more closely here, it looks like the new icons are going to be the same across all of Microsoft]). Material Design loading wheels can still be found in HTML video and in the Updates section of the Settings menu.
Why is "Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System" being marked as any form of "addressed" when there is still so much that is inconsistent with Fluent Design? Only one small portion of the design is being changed,and even that is inconsistent with Fluent Design since it's using mobile icons in a desktop space (which would be consistent if these icons are being updated across all of Microsoft, but we haven't heard anything about that).- Hi,
thanks for the update, I think it's a wise decision to delay the vertical tabs until Edge 88, it still needs more refinements.
about comments in PDF, can you make it like Edge legacy, where you only have to highlight a text and the comment/copy/search appear as a pop up next to it?
right now we have to right-click and choose comment.
also are we going to get auto-play blocking in December? the true auto-play blocking. currently setting it to "block" (using flag) doesn't work on most websites.
