Dev channel update to 79.0.294.1 is live

[josh_bodner]

Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.294.1 to the Dev Channel!  It’s a pretty normal week this week, so you can see the most noteworthy changes below: 

Added Features:

• Added messaging to warn users when they install an extension that has the ability to change their search provider, home page, or new tab page.
• Added improved messaging and reporting abilities when navigating to unsafe websites.
• Added a button to set up syncing from the profile flyout.

Improved Reliability:

• Fixed an issue where PDFs sometimes fails to load.
• Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to navigate and show “This page is having a problem”.
• Fixed an issue where opening all items in a Collection sometimes leads to a browser crash.
• Temporarily disabled Renderer Code Integrity by default to prevent situations where it causes all tabs to crash upon loading.
• Fixed an issue where Read Aloud would sometimes stop when reading long words.
• Improved the success rate of single sign-on for work or school accounts.

Improved Behavior:

• Fixed an issue where tooltips don't appear when hovering over links, UI, etc.
• Fixed an issue where Edge opens in Application Guard mode when it shouldn’t.
• Fixed an issue where the various sync toggles sometimes don’t work after signing in with a work or school account.
• Improved the appearance of the Downloads shelf.
• Fixed an issue where the option to open a new tab from the tab band’s context menu appears twice.
• Fixed an issue where various sync toggles appear disabled even though they shouldn’t be.
• Fixed an issue where the button to sign out of the browser is sometimes missing from Settings.
• Fixed an issue where profile pictures sometimes don’t appear in Settings.
• Improved the appearance of the Task Bar icon when using multiple profiles.
• Fixed an issue where users with multiple profiles see a generic icon instead of their profile picture on the Task Bar shortcut.
• Fixed an issue where Tracking Prevention reported blocking trackers from one tab when viewing a different tab.
• Fixed an issue where IE mode tabs sometimes are zoomed improperly when they load.
• Fixed an issue where windows sometimes have a 1px colored line on top of them.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where keyboard shortcuts sometimes don’t work in Collections.
• Fixed an issue where mobile favorites that are imported from another browser aren’t placed in the correct folder.

As always, we thank you for using Edge, and for sending us all your great feedback and suggestions!

[#2]

hhmm, an hour later and no update yet.. still on version Version 79.0.287.3 (Official build) dev (64-bit)

Dennis5mile

[#3]

That's a bit weird

[#4]

Updating now...

Dennis5mile

[#5]

@Dennis5mile @HotCakeX, we had a pretty good wind storm last night and some of us lost power, which threw a bit of a monkey wrench in our plans.  We just pushed the button to publish the build.  It should be live now.  Thanks - Elliot

[#6]

Canary for me is still on the same build as it was from yesterday and says it's up to date "Version 79.0.297.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)" and when will you be releasing the top feedback summary for the week of october 8th? Is canary getting an update today?

[#7]

Are we getting an update for Canary too? Still on Version 79.0.297.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) from yesterdays update....

Dennis5mile

[#8]

Ah, bummer about the lost power... Pray all is well now!

Dennis5mile

[#9]

I hope they release a new Canary build soon, cause right now Dev channel is only 1 update behind the Canary channel..

[#10]

@Dennis5mile @dustytravel 

Canary update is here guys ;)

Version 79.0.298.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)

[#11]

Cool. Just now need the weekly top feedback summary to be done and that'll be all that needs to be done for october 8th.

[#12]

Yep.. got it.. now to find what is new/changed... To the Hunt..... lol

Dennis5mile

[#13]

@dustytravel I think you found it from the link I posted in last week's top feedback summary, but this week's is here:  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Top-Feedback-Summary-for-October-8/m-p/900617.  

[#14]

thanks so much!

[#15]

News feed is still completely broken in Dev Version 79.0.294.1. Is it still a bug or am I the individual facing the problem?

Please someone inform.

Thanks

@josh_bodner 

[#16]

Bug - 79.0.294.1 is causing high CPU & GPU even when idle

[#17]

I am having excessive cpu usage at startup. Besides edge becomes laggy while watching 1080p+ youtube video. Also it has the full screen open/close bug from chrome.

[#18]

@josh_bodner 

Still no option to directly open a downloading file (without first saving it) 

All other MS browsers support this feature.

[#19]

@josh_bodner 

In the Sync settings I see all the grayed-out options (like syncing tabs and history) are gone.  I hope this doesn't mean you're dropping the future rollout of those features.  I'm counting on syncing history, tabs, settings, etc. at some future point, please tell me you're doing this.

[#20]

@Speednet 

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@Speednet wrote:

@josh_bodner 

In the Sync settings I see all the grayed-out options (like syncing tabs and history) are gone.  I hope this doesn't mean you're dropping the future rollout of those features.  I'm counting on syncing history, tabs, settings, etc. at some future point, please tell me you're doing this.

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Hi,

this is the developer's response to this:

"this is not a mistake. It is also not a change of plans.  We are still working on bringing History sync, Extension sync, and Open Tab sync to our next version of Edge.  We are cleaning up the UX in the meantime, as we have heard feedback that it is confusing to some people why the setting was greyed out."

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Edge-Canary-unavailable-Sync-options-are-gone-in-...

[#21]

Whew! Thanks for the explanation from the developer, it's great to hear that the features are still coming. It's the one thing from Chrome that I miss.

Incidentally, I noticed in the latest stable Chrome that they added the cool favicon/spinner animation that Edge sadly removed in the last build. Hopefully that will make its way back in too. I thought it was very helpful.

[#22]

@Yoneff 

Yes, it's a must-have feature!

it's still in their list as "under review", been there for 7 weeks now

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Top-Feedback-Summary-for-October-8/m-p/900617

Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files

[#23]

@Speednet 

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@Speednet wrote:
Whew! Thanks for the explanation from the developer, it's great to hear that the features are still coming. It's the one thing from Chrome that I miss.

Incidentally, I noticed in the latest stable Chrome that they added the cool favicon/spinner animation that Edge sadly removed in the last build. Hopefully that will make its way back in too. I thought it was very helpful.

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You're welcome ^^

Yes absolutely, to me History and Extension sync are as important as favorite sync

Yeah, when it was added, some people in this forum posted that it's a bug, I knew it was a new feature but since other people asked to be removed, Edge devs removed it..

[#24]

@josh_bodner this release claims there are fixes to IE Mode, however, I can't see IE Mode in all recent releases, though it's enabled in flags. How to work with it?

[#25]

@andsav 

Hi,

in addition to enabling the flags related to IE mode, you also need to add the group policy files to your computer/server for the Edge insider, only Dev and Beta are supported for now.

you can get the policy files from here:

https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/enterprise

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode

[#26]

@HotCakeXThank you!

I hope IE Mode will get much easier to use, not only enterprises need it. For instance, there are banking and tax management applications written in Java (due to need to use cryptography, I believe), which require launching java plug in. And it looks like it's much easier for a consumer to launch IE directly than to configure IE Mode in Edge Preview.

[#27]

You're welcome,
True..when IE mode was first introduced, there was a button on the ellipsis menu that would let you launch the website you're viewing in IE mode, it was simple though, no way to tell the level of IE compatibility or whether open the website in IE program itself or open it in IE mode inside Edge insider, they removed it few months ago..
it's unfortunate Chromium dropped NPAPI support that was required for Java plugin and we're left only with IE

[#28]

@josh_bodner no audio in dev edge on a sp6 since update. I was running the canary, it updated, lost all audio and i couldn't get it working again, so I switched to dev, and now that dev has updated it's not working again. Any ideas? 

[#29]

@atifchy I also am seeing this issue with the laggy YouTube videos.

[#30]

@atifchy 

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@atifchy wrote:

I am having excessive cpu usage at startup. Besides edge becomes laggy while watching 1080p+ youtube video. Also it has the full screen open/close bug from chrome.

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Could you please explain the open/close bug that you are experiencing when full screen?

[#31]

@josh_bodner 

Happy to see the Renderer Code Integrity issue being addresses. This one had pushed me back to Firefox (ack!) as I posted about in the forums. Glad to be back on the dev and beta. ;)

[#32]

@josh_bodner favorites are still self migrating off the favorites bar when rearranged.

[#33]

@HotCakeX You will understand it after seeing this images.

⬆ that happens after clicking esc.

Also I was having black screen on some videos so I disabled hardware acceleration  video decode.

[#34]

@josh_bodner 

Environment friendly feedback - aka recycled since none of it has been done and is  blocking for a browser change

1. Google integration - No thanks. I value privacy - not Google profit

2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong one

3. Add these buttons to the favorites menu 

3. prevent mouse button hijacking

4. Fix Epub

[#35]

@atifchy 

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@atifchy wrote:

@HotCakeX You will understand it after seeing this images.

⬆ that happens after clicking esc.

Also I was having black screen on some videos so I disabled hardware acceleration  video decode.

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Thanks, Yes I have the same black bar at the bottom that appear for a few milliseconds after I click on the full screen button.

This happens on Chrome, Edge insider and Edge classic, (on Edge classic it's white bar instead of black)

I think it's a problem with YouTube website itself. it can't be that all of these browsers have bug even when they have different engines (EdgeHTML and Chromium).

[#36]

@sweatshopking 

I got a SP6 and I got sound in both canary and dev. Both fully updated so it's not a affecting all error.

[#37]

It doesn't happen on Firefox though

[#38]

Gotta ask Mozilla what their secret is then :)

[#39]

Same here - I'm on 79.0.294.1 (Official build) Dev (64-bit) on Mac OS Catalina. My fan was full speed with just two tabs open. I had to kill Edge to get it to calm down.

[#40]

I can't use the smiley face icon or menu to Send Feedback. Clicking on either will crash Edge.

UPDATE: It seems to be working now. Not sure what was causing the crash issue, but it was a fresh install on a (practically) brand new MacBook Pro running Catalina. Edge was installed after the Catalina update.

The high CPU usage and fan seems to mostly come into play when a video is playing in chrome (including autoroll ads on news sites), but I've not narrowed it down entirely. 

[#41]

@Spaceball_Seven 

That's rather odd, but, try using THIS.

Cheers,
Drew

[#42]

Experiencing the same problem. I sent feedback already. Activity Monitor has the Microsft Edge process running 150% CPU for any website that you visit.

[#43]

@Spaceball_Seven 

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@Spaceball_Seven wrote:

I can't use the smiley face icon or menu to Send Feedback. Clicking on either will crash Edge.

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That's really bad, try reinstalling the browser and during uninstall, when asked, choose to remove all data along with it.

because for these kinds of technical problems, a simple form is no good. the smiley button allows you to send Additional data to help them identify and fix the problem and also what is going on in your system while the CPU usage spike occurs.

[#44]

@josh_bodner 

Great work on the recent builds Team!

I'm noticing some high CPU usage in the latest build on Mac - my workstation was updated to Catalina last night so not sure if that has anything to do with it.

Also, are there any plans for a dedicated "Check for updates" button on PC like there is in Mac's "Help" menu? Having to go into Help & Feedback > About Edge for manual update checking is quite tedious.

Looking forward to future builds! :)

[#45]

@CIMarketingVideo 

I'll stick my nose in & say something about the updating for you.  Presently, we are updating beta builds, previews, test rats, call the Edge C Channels whatever, but... once with a non-beta, non-Insider Build, it will not be manual or frequent updating.  Will be similar to Edge being kept up to date; it will be Edge being kept up to date (wink).  Consider, currently, there are 3 (different) Channels and 3 (different) rates of updating; that's no norm in daily practice with an entrenched browser which, Edge C isn't, yet. It's a work in progress, now and won't be manually updating after it's done & kicked out the door.

Cheers,
Drew

[#46]

@CIMarketingVideo 

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@CIMarketingVideo wrote:

@josh_bodner 

Great work on the recent builds Team!

I'm noticing some high CPU usage in the latest build on Mac - my workstation was updated to Catalina last night so not sure if that has anything to do with it.

Also, are there any plans for a dedicated "Check for updates" button on PC like there is in Mac's "Help" menu? Having to go into Help & Feedback > About Edge for manual update checking is quite tedious.

Looking forward to future builds! :)

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I'd like a dedicated update button as well. the current system is taken from Google chrome without any changes. in the past Microsoft relied on Windows update to ship updates to their browsers (IE and Edge classic), so they should create a new system for the new Edge too, like you said a dedicated button for update.

I also think they should add a setting in GP to let us change the frequency of the auto update checking cycle. like set it to every 30 mins, 1 hour or 24 hrs. 

of course the shorter durations are better for Canary.

[#47]

@Drew1903 

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@Drew1903 wrote:

@CIMarketingVideo 

I'll stick my nose in & say something about the updating for you.  Presently, we are updating beta builds, previews, test rats, call the Edge C Channels whatever, but... once with a non-beta, non-Insider Build, it will not be manual or frequent updating.  Will be similar to Edge being kept up to date; it will be Edge being kept up to date (wink).  Consider, currently, there are 3 (different) Channels and 3 (different) rates of updating; that's no norm in daily practice with an entrenched browser which, Edge C isn't, yet. It's a work in progress, now and won't be manually updating after it's done & kicked out the door.

Even when the stable version of Edge will be released, that doesn't stop Beta/Dev/Canary users.

google chrome stable is released but there are still huge number of beta/dev/canary testers for the browse, they range from enthusiasts to developers and anyone in between.

most of us are used to more regular updates and I believe a good amount of people will want to still have faster and sooner access to the new features in Edge insider so they'd keep a Dev/Beta/Canary version beside the Stable version.

so my point is, a dedicated update button and an ability to set update cycle for Edge insider is a good idea. google chrome is missing this feature and it makes it double important for Edge to implement it as an advantage.

[#48]

@HotCakeX "I'd like a dedicated update button as well."

What exactly do you mean by this? You want to be able to request it or do you want to be able to stop it? 

I only ask because, like Chrome itself, if you go to the About Microsoft Edge menu item, it will check for the most recent update and download if there is one. It's the default action in Chrome and I assume it is in Edge as well.

[#49]

I want to have a dedicated button so that when I click on it it will check for browser update :)

[#50]

@josh_bodner I see others are reporting high CPU utilization on this build in macOS Catalina. I'm experiencing the same thing and it's with static pages. At one point I saw my CPU utilization by Edge get near or exceed 500%. I'm unclear the cause since it seems to just increase over time and I'm looking at largely static pages, downloading files, and not watching video/listening to audio from the browser.