04-08-2019 10:34 AM
04-08-2019 10:34 AM
Please don't ship the new Edge out of beta without these features:
from most important to less in my opinion
1. Set Tabs Aside
2. Ask Cortana
3. Better Integration With native Windows 10 features (for example: native share dialoge, Acrylic material etc...)
4. The Shelf UI for bookmarks, history & downloads etc...
5. Add Notes (Inking)
04-08-2019 10:40 AM
04-08-2019 10:52 AM
04-08-2019 10:59 AM
I agree that the current Edge has some very unique Features that are missing now. For me, from the ones @Deleted mentioned "Set tabs aside" and "Inking" are the most important ones, but I also want to add the possibility to pin to the start menu or to the task bar. I heavily rely on this and hope we do not have to wait ages like when transitioning from IE to Edge ...
04-08-2019 11:14 AM
@Deleted I personally liked the Reading List and Reading View as well, I'm not seeing the option for those in this version? Maybe I am missing something.
04-08-2019 11:19 AM
@twelles reading view is listed in the "coming soon" section
04-08-2019 11:28 AM - edited 04-08-2019 11:52 AM
@Deleted
Set Tabs Aside is my most frequently used Edge feature. That's what keeps me from using other browsers. My 32" screen is shared by two Edge windows, each having their own sets of tabs. I want to be able to set aside my tabs real bad.
04-08-2019 11:37 AM
@Deleted + all of the replies!
This is great feedback. We started with the fundamentals and will continue to ship features out as fast as we can. Please continue to update your builds and let us know how we are doing.
Elliot
04-08-2019 11:47 AM
@Deleted I couldn't agree more. I started using Edge as my daily browser as soon as it was released on Windows 10 and even prefer it on iOS to Safari. The main reason I used Edge is because it is a smarter, more well organized browser than Chrome. The current build is just chrome with a new name. I think it will need to be stated over and over again that we still want Edge and not another Chrome. Great start!
04-08-2019 11:57 AM
04-08-2019 11:59 AM
@Deleted
I would add proper implementation of fluent UI. Currently it is just chrome with a few bits on that don't really do much!
04-08-2019 12:02 PM - edited 04-08-2019 12:05 PM
04-08-2019 12:17 PM
@Deleted
A usefull feature. I wonder if anyone, like me, is looking at new edge and wondering if there is a whole load of point over chrome? It seems that retaining settings and tabs between devices is the only thing. Well Chrome can do that. I'll miss things like the notes and good feeling touch support and a decent ui on my surface if things don't change....
04-08-2019 02:19 PM
Don't forget the little tab previews!
04-08-2019 02:52 PM
04-08-2019 03:04 PM
04-08-2019 03:20 PM
@Deleted
Absolutely. The look, feel and features of "old edge" are what pushes me to use it. I love how well it integrates with the rest of the system, from the acrylic and theme matching to the inking and setting aside tabs. It truly blends and belongs on the system.
What would make "new" edge the best is just "old" edge using blink rather than edgeHTML.
What I fear is that most people will see the new edge and pass it up to download chrome simply because of the logo.
04-08-2019 03:50 PM
@Deleted
I feel the same, but I think "ask cortana" was annoying. I want it to be optional, but I agree, it definetively shoud be an option, or its not Edge!
04-08-2019 04:56 PM
04-08-2019 05:08 PM
04-08-2019 05:27 PM
@rjansen85 Edge on iOS is not the same Edge as on Windows. Edge on iOS is a skinned version of webkit/safari. Edge on Android is similarly already built around Blink (Chromium). Edge on Windows 10 was/is the outlier. This is one of the reasons why performance on mobile (Android/iOS) has already been at parity with the other major browsers for a while.
I see the decision here to be in perfect harmony with Microsoft's plan to abandon a unique mobile ecosystem and focus more on services.
04-08-2019 05:38 PM
@benpal -- Yes, share! I had forgotten about that. I send stuff that way to my wife who has her own office.
04-08-2019 08:32 PM
@Deleted
Gee, you guys. Did you even bother to read the initial press release -- this is still very early days for the new Edge, with lots of features known to be currently missing. Chill out, they will come.
04-09-2019 12:47 AM
04-09-2019 07:29 AM
04-09-2019 07:34 AM
04-09-2019 08:09 PM
04-09-2019 08:19 PM
@Chris Cochrun , I can't deny the use of inking on Edge, specially over PDF files. I used inking to put notes on PDF manuals and textbooks when using the old PDF Reader from Windows 8/8.1, and would use Edge's inking space to do the same if necessary. I still use it to highlight stuff on webpages or help giving instructions to other people through chat. There's nothing like doodling arrows and circles/boxes to get the idea through.
But by experience Edge can't really work very well with all types of PDF files. It struggles a lot rendering very complex PDFs with intricate vector graphics and details, which are common in architectural reports, civil engineering projects and territorial planning. Those absurdely complex files are much better delt by Adobe's Acrobat DC, which render and scroll those pages much faster and efficiently than Edge, which almost crashes under the load.
04-10-2019 12:36 AM
04-10-2019 07:21 AM
04-10-2019 08:35 AM
@Deleted
I prefer the edge fluent design.
Also, cortana feature should be optional. Here's why, cortana does not support some languages. (It will be a waste of space for me since i can't use cortana in my native language)
04-10-2019 09:07 AM
@19lmyers I hate this so called feature 'preview tabs' the most.
04-10-2019 09:15 AM
04-10-2019 09:15 AM
@Deleted For such an early preview, you can't expect more things than the fundementials... As i said multiple times that new features and existing features from the old Edge will come soon, in the incoming days, weeks or months.
04-15-2019 09:07 AM
@Deleted
I use that a lot actually.... I teach English online in live classrooms... Whenever I come up with a word that I need defined I just hit that "Ask Cortana" button. ;)
04-15-2019 09:08 AM
@Deleted
I use that a lot actually.... I teach English online in live classrooms... Whenever I come up with a word that I need defined I just hit that "Ask Cortana" button. ;)
04-15-2019 09:40 AM
@Deleted
I would like to see the ability to directly open an InPrivate window from the right-click menu of the taskbar icon.
04-15-2019 02:50 PM
04-15-2019 03:48 PM
@archtech wrote:
It's already there at least in Canary builds. Actually most of the basic web browser features are already here in Edge Canary, thanks to being based from Chromium.
@archtech You can't from the taskbar icon right-click menu in Edge Canary. The only ways to open an InPrivate window in Edge Canary is from the ... menu or <ctrl-shift-n>. If I want to go straight into InPrivate mode with first launching a normal mode Edge window, I can't do it today. You can do it with the old Edge and IE.
04-16-2019 01:54 AM
@Al Grosser What version do you have? Maybe there is a bug? Can anyone confirm?
04-16-2019 07:27 PM
04-16-2019 07:27 PM
04-16-2019 11:29 PM
You can implement a lot of the fluent design parts without it being a UWP program. I've done as much in my own development. You could, of course, fake it without using the actual fluent API calls as I have had to do in places.
But the issue is that the new browser is not built using standard windows controls or, as with the old edge, .NET Core controls. This means that new Edge will NEVER implement fluent UI in it's current implementation. What we don't have, what I was hoping for, is a chromium rendering window inside a UWP / .NET controlling program. I don't think this is technically impossible but when it comes to extensions and addons there may be issues.
I suspect that this may be what blocks several other features that I suspect we will never see too. I don't think we'll see pinning to the start menu for shortcuts. I don't think we'll see the excellent pen annotation implemented and I don't think we'll see a decent fluent UI. All of these things will need major changes to the chromium engine and underlying UI classes that I don't think is in the MS development plan.
I really hope I am proved wrong and they are going to put the extra effort in to make it fit properly. But I doubt it.
04-17-2019 12:29 AM
04-17-2019 08:17 AM
@Deleted I especially agree with items 1 and 2. Set Tabs Aside was an awesome feature. I also really appreciated Ask Cortana, which was much more elegant than simply "Search Bing for ...."
04-17-2019 09:34 AM
@Deleted
Agree with "Tabs Set Aside" feature.
Also, "Inking," "Reading Pane."
04-17-2019 10:09 AM
04-17-2019 01:46 PM
@oneberto If you navigate to the favorite it should update the icon. I had to do that for every single one after installing the chrome Edge...
04-17-2019 01:51 PM
@Deleted
Thanks ... great Edge feature
04-17-2019 02:17 PM
The dev and canary versions I have installed today and are current, and do update the favorite's icons?
I had the issue with the original Edge not updating icons? If I re-added a favorite, it would display the correct logo and then I had to delete the favorite link without the logo?
This seems to be an issue the Edge Team needs to get right as its one of those idiosyncracies in the UI appearance that held Edge down as a preferred browser.
04-17-2019 02:22 PM
I'm using the Dev biuld (74.1.96.24).
For me I just had to click on a favorite that was missing the icon and it to load to get the icon updated automatically.
04-17-2019 02:25 PM