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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
David Rubinowhen you hover over the Back button in Dev 79.0.279.0 , it's not centred. Please fix 🙂
Bdsrev It's the same with Settings and more on the other side of the screen
- I didn't notice until just now! Ya they need to fix this one
I don't think that under any circumstances you should allow google account sign in for Microsoft Edge. This could potentially result in Google interfering with Edge development in the future, it is much harder to appease the users if you need to remove the feature at a later date when Google unfairly changes its T and C's.
This is of course just my opinion but it feels like it would open a can of worms as Google is a competitor, and quite an aggressive one at that. Google has a long track record of breaking the functionality of their services in other companies web browsers, so when they do this with google account sign in on Edge it will be Microsoft who will get the blame from Edge users who were using Google sign in.
It's a risk assessment issue before a functionality assessment issue and these risk issues are easily avoided by not giving Google the opportunity to play hard ball in the first place.
What they need to do is ditch Google integration and focus on the set tabs aside feature and doodle on any webpage feature from the spartan edge
- Amen!
- Exactly, your opinion is the fact.
I honestly don't know who even suggested that, all I see in the posts is people who are against it. I wanna hear their argument and reasons for requesting that.
9/24 release broke Beta version for me. Here's the screenshot of what I'm getting on every single site, even edge's own about page, it spins to infinity and eventually just stops with "This page is having a problem":
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809 build 17763.737
Edge version: 78.0.276.11 (Official build) beta (64-bit)
The only thing that seems to be working as a workaround is to add this flag in the shortcut: "--disable-features=RendererCodeIntegrity"
I'm evaluating Edge Chromium for a company wide deployment once the stable version comes out and this bug doesn't give much confidence in the browser.
I do not know if "Aw, Snap" and "This page is having a problem" are the same. Does the problem also happen in Chrome 78?
This page, which I just stumbled on and remembered your post, says it may be due to Chrome's new sandboxing and security DLL injections?
https://textslashplain.com/2019/09/27/aw-snap-every-tab-crashes/
ikjadoon I was getting the "Aw, Snap" error message on Thursday with Chromium. It was 79.0.3925.0, and every updated batch that came out that day for 79.0.3925.0 kept/remaining the same message. Especially on youtube. It would load, and a few minutes later crash with the "Aw, Snap" message. When 79.0.3926.0 came out on Friday it was fine with no more of that error, and today Chromium is on 79.0.3927.0 and still fine. I noticed that "Aw, Snap" happens when there's a new bug or new bug from testing/tweaking a new feature that causes the browser to crash or crash in certain areas.
Chrome 78 is their "Beta" version that's updated every six weeks or so, but I think slightly ahead of Edge's updated "Beta" version in time frame. So they may or may not being having the same problem although Edge Beta is adding features not found in Chrome Beta thus something that might bug out in Edge Beta might not in Chrome Beta and vise versa. Simply because Chrome doesn't have that feature specific only too Edge or Chrome has that specific feature not found in Edge Chromium.
I guess the best thing to do is drop down to Edge Dev and/or Canary and see if the error is replicating on those browsers on your computer. If they aren't than it might be specific to Beta, if they are it could be a carry over bug or something only you're experiencing (especially if others dont report it) to your computer/settings.
+1 for "Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge".
I would extend this to the whole interface, in fact. The current version looks and feels more "at home" in Windows 10 than this Chromium-based one..
In the current version, look at not only the tabs, but also the address bar, three dots menu, the settings sidebar.. it looks and feels much more like a standard Windows app and fits in with other Windows 10 apps.
Thanks!
alzadude
This took some me getting used to, but I've grown to prefer it to the old square Edge. I wonder if this new, more rounder look might eventually make it's way across all Windows 10 & Apps, making it more consistent.
I also like the large address bar, easier to read on my sleep-deprived eyes : )Indeed the issue that bothers me the most is the lack of consistency on the desktop across the apps.
I don't mind which design/look is adopted, I just wish they'd implement it consistently!
Granted, the Chromium-based edge is built on different GUI tech, and so naturally will look a bit different, but I don't think there's any value in making users aware of that.. I would imagine most users would prefer consistency, whether it's the look or the design (placement/organisation of menus etc) from a usability perspective.
I suppose it would be more effort to update all other built-in apps to this rounded look, rather than change just this one app to the square look.. That's a consideration 🙂
Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme:
I think it would be nice to be able to change the New Tab Page color to a variety of different colors, like red, blue, black, or white, for example.
Inking for PDF files:
If the inking is available for PDF files, can you add Inking to web pages as well?
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome:
I like the big address bar, it makes it easy to type and see what website your on.
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files:
I can't tell you how much I love and miss this feature. I hope its implemented soon!
those colors are beautiful!
Microsoft can add something like this to let us modify new tab page (this is from Google Chrome Canary Version 79.0.3925.1 (Official Build) canary (64-bit))
however I don't mean to use the same colors as Google chrome does which are ugly compared to the colors you chose in your examples, Microsoft could create a better UI compatible with fluent design language for this color picker too.
- PLEASE don't add support for Google accounts
I prefer the large address bar, Chrome's tiny address bar is annoying. I also prefer this design a lot more than the old edge with fluent design.
David Rubino I can see that a "set aside tabs feature" like in current Edge is under review. I loved that feature. It was the best/quickest way to save a session I'd ever seen. However, I think this same functionality could easily be rolled into Collections. If Collections had a button to "save all open tabs as new collection" I think that would do it. This would preserve the same function while keeping the UI streamlined.
Hi, your suggestion is great, with that and my suggestion here
together, 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 🙂
- I still like the way the Reading List was implemented in the older version in Edge. Click on the Favorites icon and select Favorites or Reading List (Only save the links to websites without downing loading whole page) for the left side of the window.
David Rubino I wish to add my vote to those who asked to "Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers." It's allowed for the main search bar, so I don't know why it wouldn't be allowed for the new tab page as well. Thanks for the opportunity to comment - I'm enjoying the new Microsoft Edge and I've already made it my primary browser, even though it's still in beta.
Still waiting for some additional configuration options for Tab control, like opening new tabs from Favorites with focus, regardless if on the Favorites Bar or anywhere else.
Also, a feature that is in a Chinese browser (Maxthon) called "Split Screen" would be fantastic. Similar to the attached. An Icon on the Status Bar activates it.LarryE1946 opening new tabs from Favorites works since like IE7 times. Just press middle button on it. Like for any other link.
That_s_Me Yes, but not with focus. Opens in the background. I prefer all my links to open in a new tab with focus and would really like the option to configure it that way.
