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MissyQ
Microsoft
MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for September 15
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Why, hello there, Insiders! This week, we’re going to close out a couple of items now that they are fully into our Dev channel. Let’s get into those details!
First up, we introduced a password generator into our Dev channel with last week’s update, so we are marking Enable automatic generation of strong passwords as Addressed. When you go to a website that wants you to create a new account in either our Canary or Dev channels, you will now see the option to create a strong password via the browser.
Additionally, in line with our PDF Roadmap, we’ve implemented the ability to navigate PDFs via a table of contents. To use this feature, click on the Table of Contents icon on the top left side of the PDF toolbar to open a pane containing a list of the different sections within your document, then click on any item in the list to quickly navigate to that section in the document. With that, we’re also marking Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents as Addressed this week.
We still want to know your thoughts! Is there something you see with these new features that you feel can be improved? Let us know by submitting feedback directly through the browser via the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback (or, if you’re on mobile, by tapping the … button and scrolling to Send feedback).
Here’s this week’s updated list:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed |
Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
|
Addressed |
Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
|
Planned for September |
Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
20 weeks |
|
Planned for September (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web page content |
46 weeks |
|
Planned for Summer |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
46 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add dictionary in PDF |
3 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable vertical tabs feature |
4 weeks |
|
Planned |
Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
7 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
7 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
14 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
18 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
19 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
23 weeks |
|
Planned |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
28 weeks |
|
Planned |
Make Edge available on Linux |
34 weeks |
|
Planned |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
51 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
56 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
56 weeks |
|
Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
56 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
56 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
54 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
56 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
4 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
23 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:
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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The PDF reader should remember the last position where I stayed in a previously opened PDF and suggest going to that position as Microsoft Word does with .docx files. It would be nice to have a list of the latest PDFs read.
Can you please provide more flags in edge mobile? and more information regarding Edge mobile?
Thank you
Hi MissyQ
You cannot imagine my facial expression when I saw "Add dictionary in PDF" planned.It's the main reason that keeps Legacy Edge installed on my Surface Pro.
What I need in my lovely Edge's PDF reader are the following:
- The Picture Dictionary in the immersive reader is outstanding! I hope that you will implement it in the PDF reader.
- A shortcut to define the selected word/phrase. (It would be much more useful if we can change the keys in the setting.)
- Bing Translator to translate the selected text.
- The ability to store words in a list for further reading.
- I read PDFs every day! In Legacy Edge, I just put the tab aside when I finish reading and it automatically saves my progress. So I hope that you will add this feature too!
These features will help me in studying my PDFs specifically during my ONLINE courses.
Thank you Microsoft for providing me such useful tools.
- Also, having the ability to video capture the screen if you can screen capture on the web.
Can we get smoother pen inking in pdf viewer in edge and get the ability to undo and redo pen inking in pdf's within edge.MissyQ
MissyQ Detailed roadmap is awesome!
Is there any way to part in vertical tabs? As I see a lot of people using this feature and sharing their quite enjoyable experience for weeks...Omar-Os For me it offers to import Firefox data
I was using other browsers and I know that Firefox is kinda messy with profiles as some browsers ask me which profile I want to import even tho I use only one, it offers 3! Maybe try to refresh your profile as Firefox recommends this step for various issues people encounter. Try to go about:support in Firefox and click here:
Or if you sync your Firefox data using Firefox sync, you can close Firefox and manually delete folders AppData/Local/Firefox and AppData/Roaming/Firefox.
altean
Thanks for the reply, but this is Edge's problem not Firefox and they admitted it.
And certainly I won't refresh Firefox in over 30 machines and loose all of their data so it actually won't work in the end again because I tried it before.
It's just easier to stick with Firefox until they can fix Edge or until they learn how to fix it or until they care enough to fix it 🤷🏻
Firefox is still the most superior browser so far so I'm not in a hurry.- Firefox import works Fine. just tried it.
Edge: Version 86.0.622.15 (Official build) beta (64-bit)
Firefox: 81 Beta
it did also work fine in the previous versions. which versions are you using?
Been using vertical tabs for weeks now. On my laptop with 125% scale and layout setting I am not sure I will stop hovering over to tab strip and accidently expanding it. I want the ability to have it on the right side. There is no other way around this. I will never get used to vertical tabs on the left side of the screen. I feel like I am being forced to write with my left hand.
- Vertical tabs on the right is actually a really good idea! It helps if you have your taskbar/dock on the left and makes sense considering there's usually a sidebar on the left anyway for whatever website you're on
Wait verticle tabs are out for Canary build. I haven't seen them yet. Do I have to enable them or is there the thing in the top left that I have to click on to enable them. Currently, I don't see anything in the top left and I am on the Canary Build. cheeseleader
- Vertical tabs are still (strangely) in A/B testing mode, they enable it for some people, then disable it and enable it for the next batch of insiders. there is no button or flag to force enable it, just have to be lucky. even if two people are using the same Edge insider channel, the same version, they still have access to Different features..
- Good idea, I'd like the ability to move it left/right as well. if we put it on the right side, collections panel can be opened on the left side, and vice versa.
- Hi, just wanted to ask when is the History sync going to be added to Edge? Summer is almost over, at least in the northern hemisphere.
