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.

David Rubino Good to know the new tab page and redesigned settings page are finally out of A/B testing in Canary channel! 1. Say no to Google integration (let Google first integrate Microsoft account sign-in to their Chrome browser) 2. improve Collections: add offline functionality (mark a collection to be available for offline usage and viewing), add all open tabs to a collection, add more export options, make collections work with installed office programs and not just online versions. with these changes it can easily replace Reading List AND Set Aside Tabs. 3. Printing from the "Reading View" mode or "Immersive Reader" mode is STILL bugged after months. 4. let Edge insider browser open downloaded files automatically with the default programs set in Windows settings. so for example when a user downloads a PDF file, let them open that file with the default PDF viewer in system like Adobe acrobat or Foxit reader. Currently what is happening is this: the user downloads the PDF file, the finished download will show up at the bottom left corner of the browser, after clicking on the PDF it will be opened in the browser, Not with the default PDF viewer app. the user needs to go to the download location and from there double click on the file and open it with the default PDF viewer. this problem seems to be revolving mostly around PDF files. when I download an .mp3 audio file or .mkv, .mp4 video files and click on them, they will open in Groove music app and default video player app and Not in Edge browser (even though Edge can play all those files).

hsteiger hsteiger wrote:In the old Internet Explorer which I still use a lot, it provides one the option to obtain the actual URL of that item. Current Edge and this developer version does not do that. Yes, you can "inspect" something, but to get the actual URL is almost impossible. IE makes it simple, where you right click on the item (could be a graphic), then select properties and most of the time the URL to that specific item can be obtained. Then one can save the URL and later display the item without having to go through a particular website to find it again.. Hi there,in Edge insider, when you right click on anything on any website, you have the "copy link" and in case of image "copy image link" options.do those options fail to get the URL of the content? I never came across a situation like that so I'd like to know what would that be. thanks

shooks Hi, Reading List: Reading List saves articles offline so that you can read them on the move. So, if you read something interesting on your laptop at home, you can add it to the reading list and continue reading it when you’re on the train, even without an internet connection. Collections: Collections are different than reading list in a way that collections only save a link to a content on the web whereas reading list saves the actual content locally for off line reading later, even without internet connection, and it also syncs it between all of your devices.Collections are useful for bringing contents from different locations into a single place (to literally make a collection of things from different sources). so for example you want to build a computer, you buy your RAM from Amazon, order your CPU from Intel, get your graphic card directly from AMD, get your case from Corsair's own store and so on. so first you add all of them to a single collection called "computer parts", and once you're done, you click on the collection and open all of them in tabs to review and finalize your orders.that's just one example out of hundreds.another easy example: so you're gonna need to do some research for a project on a subject. you can't get all your data from one single website or source, so you gotta search and visit many websites. you take one page from one website, take a paragraph from another website, take one line of text that is interesting for your research from a different site, take a video from youtube, take a couple of images from many different websites and so on, you add all of them to a single collection called "research on subject" and once you're done, you export your collection to Word or Excel (Soon there will be more destinations for exporting collections) and you will create a nice research in Microsoft Word docs. Favorites: everybody is already familiar with the concept, it's a quick, easy and hassle free way to add a simple text link to anything on the web and all browsers have it. now here is some ideas that can improve the whole thing: Collections feature request: Let us mark a collection for offline usage https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Collections-feature-request-Let-us-mark-a-collection-for-offline/m-p/880507 and these 2 comments: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Top-feedback-summary-for-September-24/m-p/877310/highlight/true#M12445 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Top-feedback-summary-for-September-24/m-p/878615/highlight/true#M12527

David Rubino Could you guys please make the InPrivate button blue and square like how it was for old edge? It will make the UI more unique compared to chrome. It's just one small thing that'll make the browser much better.

David Rubino Could we get the "scrollable" tabs back? In the old Edge, tabs would retain a clickable size after a certain amount are open and become a scrollable bar instead, making them much easier to click on and differentiate between.

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Oct 01, 2019

Top 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.

pbilk
Brass Contributor
Oct 14, 2019
David Rubino
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 Wong
Iron Contributor
Oct 10, 2019
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.
- cjc2112
  Bronze Contributor
  Oct 10, 2019
  Jude Wong What did you do/what flags are on that give you the onenote web clipper?
  - Jude Wong
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 11, 2019
    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.
rtransformation
Brass Contributor
Oct 10, 2019
David Rubino Hope chromium edge can add this function:
right click the selected text in the webpage can give multiple selections of search engine.
dustytravel
Brass Contributor
Oct 08, 2019
When is top feedback summary for october 8th going to be released? It should have been released by now.
- josh_bodner
  Microsoft
  Oct 08, 2019
  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.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Oct 08, 2019
    Thank you, oh it was posted in the Articles section instead of the Discussions that's why most of us missed it 🙂
- cjc2112
  Bronze Contributor
  Oct 08, 2019
  dustytravel Probably tomorrow. They have to release canary before that happens and its released after they finish work.
hristaki
Copper Contributor
Oct 07, 2019
David Rubino

"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.
Neon01
Steel Contributor
Oct 07, 2019
David Rubino

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_95
Copper Contributor
Oct 07, 2019
David Rubino
when we right-click on side of the opened tab, "Options" screen appears in "White" color instead of "Black" color in "Dark Mode"
RANDY ABBOTT
Copper Contributor
Oct 06, 2019
David Rubino Any chance of adding the ability to change the search provider on the NTP?
Deleted
Oct 06, 2019
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.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 06, 2019
  Spoiler
  Deleted wrote:
  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 🙂
hereforedge
Copper Contributor
Oct 05, 2019
David Rubino

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.

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