Apr 22 2019 07:34 AM
Microsoft Edge’s new tab experience is designed to be a clean, delightful experience that helps you find what you need on the web and get you where you want to go next. Microsoft Edge starts with a new tab, and you can create more new tabs by clicking the “+” (next to existing tabs).
We’d love to hear what you like about our new tab experience, what doesn’t work for you, and anything more you’d like to see in this experience.
The default new tab layout uses a daily background wallpaper sourced from Bing’s image of the day collection. This experience also offers the standard in-page search box as well as quick link tiles .
Celebrating the image as the hero of this experience, we’ve created space across the middle for the picture to shine through.
In this layout, News is at your fingertips, just a scroll away To bring it up, you can either click the category headers along the bottom or scroll the page.
In the upper right is a quick way for you to choose various layouts for the page.
To see more layout choices, explore the settings flyout in the upper right corner of the page.
Focused layout has the fewest visual elements, giving you just the basics: a search box & quick link tiles.
This is our default layout, introduced above. Here’s a run through the core elements on the page:
Informational. Stay informed with news.
Informational layout balances news with search & recent sites. In this layout, the rich repository of news powered by Microsoft News is present to help you stay current on the topics you care about.
Other layout customizations
You can explore additional new tab page layout configurations by turning individual toggles on and off.
We would love to hear from you. What’s your favorite new tab layout? What additional new tab customization options do you want to have? Anything else you’d like to see changed on new tabs?
Thank you for trying out the new Microsoft Edge and leave your comments below!
Apr 27 2019 03:43 PM - edited Apr 27 2019 04:27 PM
@jmatos
Hi Jorge,
I'll give you this info, even, if you know any of it, already:
1. OS Region set to your area
2. Set Default location
3. Set Apps to be allowed to know & use #2
4. Set Edge Dev as Default browser (this may not matter)
5. Be signed-in to Edge C browser, Dev or Canary.
Ok, so now, I am showing my Home page, MSN Canada. I shrunk it down in order to show (only) News sections. You can see Calgary, my city, Canada & World. Also, I pointed at Local... if that's hit it gives Calgary news. You see the yellow circles. Same as Edge, with Edge C those Edits give a panel where one picks what sections THEY want. Hit the word Edit > Add section below
I trust this ⬆ helps.
wait a minute... just realised you're asking about this in New tab. Don't you have Europe or your Country where I have Canada?
Having clicked on it
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 28 2019 03:50 AM
As already mentioned by some others: it would be nice to be able to select a region/language for the news feed on the "new tab page". Being from Europe, I'm not interested in all the US news. In the non-chromium Edge there was an easy option to select this region though.
Apr 28 2019 04:37 AM
@BenjaVR
Ben,
Ok, if it is not possible for Europe, I might know why or will hazard a 'guess'. Going by what I have here in Canada, I instinctively reckoned you would have Europe or specific Countries as Sections, you know what I mean. Anyway, back to what I'll suggest. The Edge Dev & Canary are betas. Edge is not. it is not uncommon, if not normal prescident, that whilst building something with betas they will be, at least for a time, English (United States) and US Region. That's not to say that come Offical release, other languages & regions won't be supported. When no longer beta won't be only English & only US.
NB: They use 'US' losely as it sort of means North America. Although, Windows Insider Builds only JUST added a slew of languages to Dictation. Regular Win10, STILL, will only do it with keyboard set to English (US).
Anyway, to re-enforce my point, here. Taking another look :eyes: at my own & more closely at something I noticed earlier... Yes, there is a Canada 'link' (marked) that does go to Canadian content, exclusively. The My Feed (unmarkked) is a wide array of categories, but, including Canadaian features. However, looking lower down at the selections, there is World News & US. I think betas are like this , instead of going with 'universal' support because in doesn't make sense to sink heaps of time & effort into dressing a lab rat up with a slew of outfits. Once it's work is done & it can go out in public, that's different. Please, run with my lame analogy ;) I suggest the lack out 'global' support is temporay and will not be the case by the time Edge C goes live or non-beta. Certainly, I could be wrong; there's a 1st time for everything (J/K ;):beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:)
An aside: There are a bunch of categories when one hits the More ellipsis ... (to the right of Money)
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 28 2019 05:05 AM
@Elliot Kirk Good starting point! Now that we don't have a sidebar for our favorites, I would like to see a more customizable quick links tiles in the new tab with the ability to group them into folders and split into sections the same way we can arrange tiles in the Windows start menu. Thanks.
Apr 28 2019 09:04 AM
It's fairly clear from the responses to your request so far that the most wanted option is choice! There are those who appreciate colourful backgrounds and the news feed, while others prefer a less busy page, all the way to having it completely blank. Here are my own preferences:
* OK, bookmarklets aren't much use on the NTP, so that was only to illustrate why an 'icons only' setup wouldn't be much use either in this situation. I'm really pleased that they work, though!
I've failed completely to work out what that icon is supposed to represent. It looks most like a rabbit sledging downhill.
Apr 28 2019 01:20 PM
Hi @Drew1903,
Thank you very much for your help and guidance!
However I don't have a similar option like you have "Canada" (meaning I don't have Europe/the country where I am).
Regarding the other option you've mention, to change the OS location, it's more complicated :)
I am in Poland and I wanted to have news from Portugal, so it's not so simple...
But it's like you say, it's not even beta version, and this is not so central.
Once again, thanks or your help.
Cheers,
Jorge
Apr 29 2019 01:00 AM
@Dmitry Perednia
Hi Dmitry,
What is 100% right?
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 29 2019 01:14 AM
This is for the startup page.
I already found the solution.
I opened "chrome store" in Edge and installed "new tab redirect".
Apr 29 2019 01:21 AM
Apr 29 2019 02:09 AM
@jantjec1
:thumbs_up::smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes: Yw
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 29 2019 08:26 AM
Apr 29 2019 03:37 PM
delgadogarciafj@gmail.com
Es una idea genial que funciona muy bien y muy rapida@
Apr 29 2019 06:12 PM
Dan, no need for it to be buried.Ctrl+Shift+B will always show it. And, also, it can be set to Always or Never show & Ctrl+Shift+B will , still, turn it 'on' & 'off', no matter what the setting. I say this because the Fav Bar likely has those same "most visited sites", already... from you putting them there.
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 29 2019 06:16 PM
Apr 29 2019 06:26 PM - edited Apr 29 2019 09:54 PM
@paco_Delgado
For those who do not read Spanish:
"Es una idea genial que funciona muy bien y muy rapida", Paco
Is a great idea that works very well and very fast
Si, y yo pensa el mismo!
English: I agree
Too bad Edge C won't translate (instead of me ;))
Cheers,
Drew
Apr 29 2019 09:24 PM
Too bad for mr too.@Drew1903