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David Rubino
Microsoft
Oct 01, 2019Top feedback summary for October 1
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey everyone, I’m back with the latest top feedback summary. This week we’d like to highlight a few things which have been addressed:
The New Tab Page (we call it the “NTP” within the team) has received a significant update, and among the changes are two which address some of our top feedback items. First, the NTP now supports dark theme. If you are in dark theme (available in Settings under Appearance) you will see that the search box, top sites, and feed use darker colors. Additionally we’ve enabled greater customization of NTP content that allows you to turn off the feed if you wish. Just click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the NTP and choose Custom page layout. If you choose the Content visible on scroll option, the feed will only show if you scroll down on the NTP. If you choose the Content off option, your feed will be disabled entirely.
Another top request was for ClickOnce functionality, which among other things allows one-click installation of certain applications on Windows. This is chiefly a feature in work or school environments, so it is controlled by the new ClickOnceEnabled group policy. However, if you’d like to enable it on your device directly, you can browse to edge://flags and search for “ClickOnce” to find the ClickOnce Support flag. For more information on ClickOnce and the similar DirectInvoke feature, see our documentation at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/edge-learn-more-co-di.
Here is the full updated list of top feedback:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed |
Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
Addressed |
Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
Addressed |
ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
6 weeks |
Planned for October |
A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
6 weeks |
Planned for October |
Inking for PDF files |
6 weeks |
Planned for October |
Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
Planned for October |
Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
6 weeks |
Planned for October |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
6 weeks |
Planned for November |
Enable search in the extensions store |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Opening a new tab is too slow |
1 week |
Under Review |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
1 week |
Under Review |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
2 week |
Under Review |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
2 week |
Under Review |
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
4 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. |
4 weeks |
Under Review |
Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
4 weeks |
Under Review |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
4 weeks |
Under Review |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
6 weeks |
Quality Area |
Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
4 weeks |
Quality Area |
Edge should use less memory than it does |
6 weeks |
Quality Area |
Edge should use less CPU than it does |
6 weeks |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
6 weeks |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
6 weeks |
Quality Area |
Update does not always work reliably |
6 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.
- pbilkBrass Contributor
All things look good but don't make the address bar and other things smaller like in Chrome. It's less touch friendly and the feedback is ignorant plus it would make it harder to read what's up there.
- Jude WongIron Contributor
Thanks, David Rubino for this update. Glad to know that PDF inking is finally coming! As for OneNote Web Clipper, the experience is still not as good as using the Add notes feature in Edge classic.
- Jude WongIron Contributor
Hi cjc2112,
You can install it from the Chrome Web Store at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onenote-web-clipper/gojbdfnpnhogfdgjbigejoaolejmgdhk. No need to turn on any flag.
However, before that, ensure the Extensions setting "Allow extensions from other stores" is enabled in your Edge Chromium browser.
Hope this helps.
- rtransformationBrass Contributor
David Rubino Hope chromium edge can add this function:
right click the selected text in the webpage can give multiple selections of search engine.
- dustytravelBrass ContributorWhen is top feedback summary for october 8th going to be released? It should have been released by now.
- josh_bodner
Microsoft
dustytravel here it is! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Top-Feedback-Summary-for-October-8/m-p/900617. We had a nice wind storm here last night and some places lost power, which put a slight delay on everything today.
- Thank you, oh it was posted in the Articles section instead of the Discussions that's why most of us missed it 🙂
- cjc2112Bronze Contributor
dustytravel Probably tomorrow. They have to release canary before that happens and its released after they finish work.
- hristakiCopper Contributor
"Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge" - oh no! I like the current design very much
. Please do not update here anything.
- Neon01Steel Contributor
Am I really the only one recognizing that touchscreen support on Edge Chromium is very poor?
- Pages are jumping almost every time you tap into a text field or click on an image to enlarge
- You can't sort favorites manually with finger or pen, there's just no drag&drop as with the mouse
- Tabs getting too small to use when you've opened a lot of sites (as mentioned in other posts before), we need scrollable tabs for this
- Sometimes when you've zoomed-in a page you're unable to scroll anymore, instead the scroll gestures (up & down) just zoom in and out the page
And as mentioned many times before, but I can't repeat it often enough, a fullscreen mode without the ability to swipe-in the toolbar (with tabs and address bar) doesn't make any sense and is completely pointless.
Please, please fix these issues, otherwise Edge Chromium will never be an option for tablet users.
Let's make Edge C the best and most useful browser, come on.
Thanks in advance, looking forward to this.
- aravind_95Copper Contributor
when we right-click on side of the opened tab, "Options" screen appears in "White" color instead of "Black" color in "Dark Mode"
- RANDY ABBOTTCopper Contributor
David Rubino Any chance of adding the ability to change the search provider on the NTP?
- DeletedInline definitions in PDFs and reading mode is one of the most useful features in current edge. I don't understand why it is not even in under review section. Inline definitions, Ask Cortana, inking on webpages etc have much more utility and should be focused on more than trivial things like changing the shape of tabs, favourites icon, the color of incognito text etc.
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Inline definitions in PDFs and reading mode is one of the most useful features in current edge. I don't understand why it is not even in under review section. Inline definitions, Ask Cortana, inking on webpages etc have much more utility and should be focused on more than trivial things like changing the shape of tabs, favourites icon, the color of incognito text etc.Deleted
Hi there,
I totally agree with you, those features you mentioned are necessary. the new Cortana beta is awesome, Edge developers should integrate it with the new Edge insider.
also a very basic version of PDF inking has been added recently to the Canary channel, it's only got a pen which you can't even change the color of but the Devs still got lots of time to perfect it as they labeled it as feature to be released in October.
by the way have you tried this? the Reading View mode (now called Immersive Reading Move) has had these abilities
and they can be turned on using Flags:
edge://flags/
Please give them a try and send your feedbacks 🙂
- hereforedgeCopper Contributor
The shortcut https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback was not updated to point to this post. I confirmed that is still points to the September 24 post even after clearing cache and cookies, plus I tried in another browser I don't use for going to this forum.I would have thought it was an automated process to update the shortcut. Either way, please update the shortcut - I use it as my bookmark because the top feedback posts often get lost in the shuffle on the list of discussions page.