Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback. Hello insiders, we’re back again with our weekly update to the top feedback summary. Welcome to readers from the Beta channel who are seeing some of the work from the past 6 weeks light up today with a major update to Beta. Remember, if you are using Microsoft Edge Beta you can install the Dev channel to see the weekly progress that we’re sharing in these feedback updates. You can install and run Beta and Dev at the same time on the same device, and if you log in with a work or school account, you can even keep things like favorites and passwords in sync between the channels to make it easy to switch between the two. Just head over to https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/download to get the Dev channel (and the Canary channel!) This week we’re happy to highlight a new setting which allows you to control the ability of media to automatically play when you browse to a page. The new setting can be found in Settings by choosing Site permissions and then Media autoplay. You can choose from two options which restrict whether video and audio can play automatically. If you choose Limit, media will autoplay based on how you’ve used media on that site in the past. If you choose Block, all sites will be blocked from playing media automatically. Give this a try and let us know how it’s working for you. We intend to invest more in this feature going forward, and are considering changes like making this a site-specific setting, and prompting users with an option to block autoplay when it happens. This week we also have two new items on the list: We’re getting complaints that opening a new tab is too slow. Insiders are requesting a prompt when closing a window with multiple tabs, asking if users just want to close a single tab versus all tabs. Here is the full updated list of top feedback: Status Feedback On this list for Addressed Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website 5 weeks Planned for October (Updated from Under Review) Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page 5 weeks Planned for October (Updated from September) Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme 5 weeks Planned for October (Updated from September) Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page 5 weeks Planned for October (Updated from September) A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line 5 weeks Planned for October Inking for PDF files 5 weeks Planned for October Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile 5 weeks Planned for October Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo 5 weeks Planned for October ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages 5 weeks Planned for November Enable search in the extensions store 5 weeks Under Review Opening a new tab is too slow New! Under Review Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window New! Under Review Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close 1 week Under Review Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame 1 week Under Review Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page 3 weeks Under Review Some users are asking for a home button in Edge. Since we already have one, we could improve discoverability or just enable it by default. 3 weeks Under Review Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead 3 weeks Under Review The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome 3 weeks Under Review Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page 5 weeks Under Review Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers 5 weeks Under Review Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 5 weeks Under Review Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 5 weeks Under Review Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 5 weeks Under Review Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 5 weeks Under Review Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page 5 weeks Under Review Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System 5 weeks Under Review Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge 5 weeks Under Review Support themes from the Chrome Web Store 5 weeks Under Review Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account 5 weeks Under Review Provide different options for sorting favorites 5 weeks Under Review Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files 5 weeks Quality Area Bring more extensions to the extensions store 3 weeks Quality Area Edge should use less memory than it does 5 weeks Quality Area Edge should use less CPU than it does 5 weeks Quality Area Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages 5 weeks Quality Area Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files 5 weeks Quality Area Update does not always work reliably 5 weeks Definitions: Addressed – Feedback is addressed in current Canary builds. 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 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.

David Rubino Also worth mentioning: Media autoplay blocking is part of the A/B test (new settings design). one of the ways users are categorized is based on their IP address (country). there might be other ways as well.I'm testing it with VPN and the autoplay blocking option is not available, even the settings page still has the old design. Also Please Don't add Google sign-in for Microsoft Edge browser Unless Google First adds Microsoft sign-in to their Google Chrome browser. Why? 1. Google users can Already create a Microsoft account with their Gmail address, no need to create a new email address to have a Microsoft account.2. Google accounts are not more valuable than Microsoft account. Google has silly privacy policies.for example they Clearly state that they can/will/and do delete your Google account data, like YouTube channel, whenever they want, with or without notice.

Can you guys make the InPrivate button blue? Just like how it was in old edge. Can i get a status update please on when it's going to be implemented? Adding fluent design to it should make it square also.

David, What version is the Media autoplay setting in. I the lastest versions of Dev and Canary and the setting is in neither one.Version 79.0.284.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)Version 79.0.279.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit) - Dev Thanks,Carl

JordanQ David Rubino Elliot Kirk Hi, your suggestion is great, with that and my suggestion heretogether, Collections could be a total replacement for both reading list and set tabs aside.imagine set tabs aside feature had an offline functionality too, so the tabs you put aside for later (in a collection) would be available for offline usage and review, and That would be exactly the same as reading list feature!so instead of implementing 3 features that more or less overlap each other in terms of their functionalities, Edge team developers could just focus on improving the Collections. let me know what you think 🙂

Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading filesWe really need this

Forum Discussion

David Rubino

Iron Contributor

Sep 24, 2019

Top feedback summary for September 24

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.

Hello insiders, we’re back again with our weekly update to the top feedback summary.

Welcome to readers from the Beta channel who are seeing some of the work from the past 6 weeks light up today with a major update to Beta. Remember, if you are using Microsoft Edge Beta you can install the Dev channel to see the weekly progress that we’re sharing in these feedback updates. You can install and run Beta and Dev at the same time on the same device, and if you log in with a work or school account, you can even keep things like favorites and passwords in sync between the channels to make it easy to switch between the two. Just head over to https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/download to get the Dev channel (and the Canary channel!)

This week we’re happy to highlight a new setting which allows you to control the ability of media to automatically play when you browse to a page. The new setting can be found in Settings by choosing Site permissions and then Media autoplay. You can choose from two options which restrict whether video and audio can play automatically. If you choose Limit, media will autoplay based on how you’ve used media on that site in the past. If you choose Block, all sites will be blocked from playing media automatically. Give this a try and let us know how it’s working for you. We intend to invest more in this feature going forward, and are considering changes like making this a site-specific setting, and prompting users with an option to block autoplay when it happens.

This week we also have two new items on the list:

We’re getting complaints that opening a new tab is too slow.
Insiders are requesting a prompt when closing a window with multiple tabs, asking if users just want to close a single tab versus all tabs.

Here is the full updated list of top feedback:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Addressed	Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website	5 weeks
Planned for October (Updated from Under Review)	Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page	5 weeks
Planned for October (Updated from September)	Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme	5 weeks
Planned for October (Updated from September)	Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page	5 weeks
Planned for October (Updated from September)	A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line	5 weeks
Planned for October	Inking for PDF files	5 weeks
Planned for October	Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile	5 weeks
Planned for October	Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo	5 weeks
Planned for October	ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages	5 weeks
Planned for November	Enable search in the extensions store	5 weeks
Under Review	Opening a new tab is too slow	New!
Under Review	Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window	New!
Under Review	Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close	1 week
Under Review	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	1 week
Under Review	Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page	3 weeks
Under Review	Some users are asking for a home button in Edge. Since we already have one, we could improve discoverability or just enable it by default.	3 weeks
Under Review	Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead	3 weeks
Under Review	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	3 weeks
Under Review	Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page	5 weeks
Under Review	Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers	5 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	5 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	5 weeks
Under Review	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	5 weeks
Under Review	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	5 weeks
Under Review	Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page	5 weeks
Under Review	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	5 weeks
Under Review	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	5 weeks
Under Review	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	5 weeks
Under Review	Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account	5 weeks
Under Review	Provide different options for sorting favorites	5 weeks
Under Review	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	5 weeks
Quality Area	Bring more extensions to the extensions store	3 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less memory than it does	5 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less CPU than it does	5 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages	5 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files	5 weeks
Quality Area	Update does not always work reliably	5 weeks

Definitions:

Addressed – Feedback is addressed in current Canary builds.

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

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.

119 Replies

Deleted
Sep 25, 2019
David Rubino - the "Media autoplay" setting is not available on my end on the latest Canary version (284). Please, do not randomly differentiate installs - bring all new functionality to everyone using such a "bleeding edge" version like daily Canary builds.
- Rahsna Asurac
  Iron Contributor
  Sep 25, 2019
  Same here. It's not on mine either. I'm however on the dev channel.
RealtorTechGuy
Copper Contributor
Sep 25, 2019
Is it possible to consolidate favorites so there is no Other, Bar and Mobile? This worked very well with Edge.
Kiven
Iron Contributor
Sep 25, 2019
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files

We really need this
- GraniteStateColin
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 03, 2019
  Please restore the Open and Run options WITHOUT HAVING TO SAVE THE FILE FIRST (I realize it will still save to a temp directory in the background). It is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING to have lost the Run and Open options when downloading a file. I really don't want to have to save it first, because often I just want to view a file quickly or run an installer and don't want the original to be saved other than in the Temp directory used to hold it while opening.
  
  Especially for users like me, who want to always be able to choose the destination directory when downloading a file I do want to keep, the lack of a direct Open / Run option adds extra steps at both download (to select a folder to save) and again afterwards (to go and find the file and delete it).
JimRome
Brass Contributor
Sep 25, 2019
Sept. 24 version is still taking minutes to load all my tabs. Until then, it is non-responsive. I got an e-mail saying this is fixed. It is not. Seems to me that the overall GUI should never be unresponsive due to tabs loading.
- cjc2112
  Bronze Contributor
  Sep 28, 2019
  JimRome
  Are you using any power saving flags. I had this problem and fixed it by disabling the 'calculate windows occlusion' flag. I opened 28 tabs, and with the flag off, it took 1:30. With the flag on, it took 9 minutes.
tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
Sep 24, 2019
David Rubino I'm glad to see that memory-hogging has made it on to the Quality Area list (see screenshot). It is a serious issue for lower-end laptops with 4gb RAM.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Sep 24, 2019
  About memory optimization, I have Sony Vaio VPCEB3MFX.
  it's got 4GB DDR3 and a 2nd gen i5 CPU.
  Edge Canary performs very well on it, a lot better than Google Chrome. the laptop is generally old and a bit slow in nature because of old hardware but Edge Canary has never caused any memory issues. it's running Windows 10 1903 x64 pro.
  - tomscharbach
    Bronze Contributor
    Sep 24, 2019
    HotCakeX "About memory optimization, I have Sony Vaio VPCEB3MFX. it's got 4GB DDR3 and a 2nd gen i5 CPU. Edge Canary performs very well on it, a lot better than Google Chrome. the laptop is generally old and a bit slow in nature because of old hardware but Edge Canary has never caused any memory issues. it's running Windows 10 1903 x64 pro."
    
    I hope that you continue to have no issues, but your experience might not be universal, and probably is not considering the comments that others have made in the numerous discussions about high RAM usage on this forum (including discussions initiated by Microsoft personnel). The most recent is the "Memory Usage Comparison" series by Deleted.
    
    High RAM usage is a known issue with Chromium-based browsers, including Edge Chromium, and is often commented upon in Google Chrome forums.
    
    With Edge Chromium, it is not (apparently) unusual to find that RAM usage bumps up to 1-3gb during a day of normal browsing, as quite a number of folks have reported. I know that has been my experience over the months.
    
    My computer (Dell XPS 8920, i7, 16gb) shows just over 2gb RAM used by Edge Chromium right now, after a day's normal browsing, opening and closing sites, running no extensions or flags, and with six tabs currently open:
    
    That level of RAM usage is not a problem, obviously, on the computer I am now using, but Edge Chromium using 2gb of RAM on a 4gb computer would likely affect performance. Reasonable people might differ about that, but that is what I think. Enough said.
    
    I avoid that on my 4gb laptop (Dell Inspiron 3180, A9-9420e, 4gb) by keeping no more than two tabs open at a time and by closing the browser reasonably frequently, which resets the clock, so to speak.
    
    I am glad, as I said, that RAM usage has joined high CPU usage on the Edge Team's "Quality Area" list. I'm not sure how much Microsoft can do, given the way in which Chromium-based browsers handle processes, but any improvement would be welcome, in my opinion, anyway.
HotCakeX
MVP
Sep 24, 2019
David Rubino

Also worth mentioning:

Media autoplay blocking is part of the A/B test (new settings design).
one of the ways users are categorized is based on their IP address (country). there might be other ways as well.
I'm testing it with VPN and the autoplay blocking option is not available, even the settings page still has the old design.

Also Please Don't add Google sign-in for Microsoft Edge browser Unless Google First adds Microsoft sign-in to their Google Chrome browser.

Why?

1. Google users can Already create a Microsoft account with their Gmail address, no need to create a new email address to have a Microsoft account.
2. Google accounts are not more valuable than Microsoft account. Google has silly privacy policies.
for example they Clearly state that they can/will/and do delete your Google account data, like YouTube channel, whenever they want, with or without notice.
- MWehrstedt
  Iron Contributor
  Sep 24, 2019
  HotCakeX I agree. I don't see an advantage in using a Google account over using an MS one. A third party messing with your account only introduces problems you don't want to deal with.
cjahn50
Iron Contributor
Sep 24, 2019
David,

What version is the Media autoplay setting in. I the lastest versions of Dev and Canary and the setting is in neither one.
Version 79.0.284.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Version 79.0.279.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit) - Dev

Thanks,
Carl
- aravind_95
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 25, 2019
  cjahn50
  same here. I gone through all the setting I can't find it.
  
  Mine is Dev build Version 79.0.279.0
  - RealtorTechGuy
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 25, 2019
    I submitted this feedback and received a message thanking me for assisting with a change but nothing has changed.??
Deleted
Sep 24, 2019
Please take care of this guy: memory.
- That_s_Me
  Brass Contributor
  Sep 25, 2019
  Deleted that's mostly Chromium part, not MS 🙂
dustytravel
Brass Contributor
Sep 24, 2019
Can you guys make the InPrivate button blue? Just like how it was in old edge. Can i get a status update please on when it's going to be implemented? Adding fluent design to it should make it square also.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Feb 04, 2020
  dustytravel
  Spoiler
  dustytravel wrote:
  Can you guys make the InPrivate button blue? Just like how it was in old edge. Can i get a status update please on when it's going to be implemented? Adding fluent design to it should make it square also.
  It's done
  
  Microsoft Edge Version 81.0.413.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)