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I agree with what others have been saying, for me my biggest three isuses are:
- No open/save/save as dialog - this has been my favorite feature of Edge. If you are downloading a lot of files that need to be organized being able to place them exactly where you want them instead of rummaging through a downloads folder is a huge time saver.
- Text looks washed out - It looks like text on most pages is displayed using a dark grey instead of black. It's not as easy to read as the true black used in the old Edge.
- Round corners on UI elements - The browser is named Edge! It shouldn't have rounded coners anywhere in it. It just doens't feel like a MS product with the current rounding of everything.
MicrosoftIrinaL I'm currently using the "ask where to save each file before downloading" option but I'd say it's only about 75% as useful as the old Save | Save As feature. This is because I often save multiple files to the same location so the old Save was more convenient for that.
While on the subject of the old file dialog, I've found I really miss the Open option. I use the new Edge for most everything but find myself going to back to Classic for this one feature. The use case for me is grading student assignments. I realize this is a pretty niche use case but I imagine anyone that has to open lots of file in fairly rapid succession would appreciate the efficiency gain. Instead of having to download a file, then open that file, then delete the file, I just press the open button. It really speeds things up for me.
- If you click on the file recently download from the bar at the bottom it opens up.
sjwestern wrote:
If you click on the file recently download from the bar at the bottom it opens up.All of us know how to open a downloaded file, that's not the point.
Many times I have to read or edit documents "on the fly" without the need to save the original document on the local computer.
With the new Edge (and with Chrome) every time i click on the link it download the files in the default location so in the download folder you end up with 2, 3, 4 or even more useless copies of the same file that pollute your download folder.
Even more if you enable the option "Ask where to save each file before downloading" you need to provide a save location before you can open the file making the thing more annoying.
With the old Edge (and with IE) instead when click on a link and select "Open" the browser not only download silently in the temp folder (which will be cleared after some time) but if you try to open multiple times the same file from the same link the browser uses the same cached file without downloading multiple copies of the that file, without wasting space and opening the file much faster
IrinaL I'm currently using the "ask where to save each file before downloading option" and I feel it's about 75% as useful as the old functionality where you can choose each time. This is because there are times where I want to save multiple things to the same location so using the Save was more convenient for those cases.
While on the subject, I've also found myself really missing the Open option as well. I didn't realize how much I used it until it was gone. I use Edge Canary for most everything but I find myself going back to Classic Edge just for this one feature. The use case for me is grading student assignments. They are all submitted online and having to download each one, then individually open each file is very time consuming. Being able to simply press a single Open button is a huge time saver. I know it doesn't sound like it but over the course of 20+ files it really adds up. I think this would be the case for anyone that has to open a lot of little files in fairly rapid succession. I realize this isn't a common scenario but for those of us that are doing this it is a major efficiency boost.
Well, yes. But this forces you to ALWAYS choose where to save stuff. But what about when you just want it directly in Downloads? IE had a choice, as did Edge. Why couldn't they continue the trend? It's what made them different, since everyone else always force a preset--choose location or choose every time. No way to make a choice for choosing default or custom.
Or at least, that's what my preference would be. No idea about the opener of the problem.
- IrinaL
makuc Could you clarify which specific options you are referring to in IE in Classic Edge? Are you referring to the inline ability to choose "Save" or "Save As" or "Open" as displayed below for every download? Or are you referring to something else? Thanks!
IrinaL Following on from the SAVE / SAVE AS discussion I'd also like the ability to have some file types simply open even if the default action is to open the save prompt. For example an Outlook calendar appointment (.ICS file), does not need to be saved. It would be nice if simply got added to my Outlook calendar. Similarly with my remote desktop link (.RDP file), I don't want to save a copy every time I connect to the server, I'd just like it to open.
I'm sure there are other file types like this so my suggestion is that under the SAVE options there is a sub category where we can change the default behaviour for specified file types like this.
Of course having the OPEN option displayed alongside the SAVE/SAVE AS button as per EDGE ORIGINAL would work as well and seems to have been requested by plenty of other people in this thread.
