Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback. Hi everyone, here is the latest top feedback update. This week we cover a new issue which was addressed immediately, one item which has been addressed, and a couple of scheduling changes. Last week we saw a spike in reports about Microsoft Edge crashing when a new tab was opened. This issue was fixed in Chromium and the fix should be in the Canary and Dev channels now. Please let us know if you’re still having an issue with this by choosing the Send feedback smiley or commenting here in this forum post. This week we’re delivering on a top feature request with the arrival of inking mode for PDF files. We have finished rolling out the feature in it’s initial state. However, we’re already planning on some enhancements to this feature, specifically color customizations and new pen types including a highlighter. Let us know what you think of PDF inking and what additional functionality you’d like to see in the thread below. Meanwhile, you may notice that the top feedback labeled “Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo” has changed from “Planned for October” to just “Planned”. This reflects a bit of a delay internally. We are spending more time iterating on the interaction model and visual design of the New Tab Page and we had to temporarily reassign resources. Nonetheless, we are aware that many of you are eagerly awaiting this feature and we intend to get back to it as soon as possible. We hope to get it into an Edge80 build. We’ll update the status when our plan for this one becomes more firm. There is also a small delay in addressing “Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile”. We had expected to deliver this in October, but it now looks like it will be November. Here is the full updated list of top feedback: Status Feedback On this list for Addressed Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link New! Addressed Inking for PDF files 9 weeks Planned for October A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line 9 weeks Planned for October Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page 9 weeks Planned for November (Previously planned for October) Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile 9 weeks Planned for November Enable search in the extensions store 9 weeks Planned (Previously Planned for October) Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo 9 weeks Under Review Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store 2 weeks Under Review Opening a new tab is too slow 4 weeks Under Review Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window 4 weeks Under Review Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close 5 weeks Under Review Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame 5 weeks Under Review Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page 7 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. 7 weeks Under Review Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead 7 weeks Under Review The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome 7 weeks Under Review Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page 9 weeks Under Review Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers 9 weeks Under Review Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 9 weeks Under Review Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 9 weeks Under Review Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 9 weeks Under Review Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 9 weeks Under Review Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page 9 weeks Under Review Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System 9 weeks Under Review Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge 9 weeks Under Review Support themes from the Chrome Web Store 9 weeks Under Review Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account 9 weeks Under Review Provide different options for sorting favorites 9 weeks Under Review Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files 9 weeks Quality Area Bring more extensions to the extensions store 7 weeks Quality Area Edge should use less memory than it does 9 weeks Quality Area Edge should use less CPU than it does 9 weeks Quality Area Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages 9 weeks Quality Area Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files 9 weeks Quality Area Update does not always work reliably 9 weeks Definitions: Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet. 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.

No to google integration, keep Edge Un-googled. Please Give Sync options higher priority, specifically the History and Extension syncing that are still unavailable and don't release the stable version of Edge insider until they are implemented along with the majority of the requested features from the list above, just take your time, we want a perfect browser, not a rushed one. Also add Acrylic/Transparent UI to the new Edge insider, it would make it more beautiful and less dull looking. Thank you!

Absolutely, the defaults in the flags need to be specified whether they are enabled or disabled.many people asked the same from Google to do it in Chrome but they ignored it, Hope Microsoft won't do the same 🙂

David Rubino PleaseProvide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files

Kiven and David Rubino, yes please, please add the Open/Run option to the new Edge. I know everyone has their own pet feature that is "critical" to that person. For me, this is absolutely it, and I'm pretty sure my reasoning applies to other users. In fact, this feature in IE and Edge were the main reason I often used those browsers over Chrome and Firefox in the past. Here's why it matters:I frequently need to open files or run mini-installers, spanning documents, voice mail attachments, PDF's where I need features in Adobe Reader (over the Edge PDF experience), and many more. Because I also often save files in specific folders for the files I do want to keep for the long haul, I have Edge set to always ask me where to save. But if I just want to open or run a file without saving a copy, this is a hassle. Worse, this also means I have to remember where it's saved to go back and delete this file that I only needed for a few seconds. Cumulatively over a day, this can waste several minutes of time. Please give us the ability to just open or run without requiring the file navigation.

HotCakeX wrote:No to google integration, keep Edge Un-googled. HotCakeX Totally agree!Dennis5mile

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David Rubino

Former Employee

Oct 22, 2019

Top feedback summary for October 22

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.

Hi everyone, here is the latest top feedback update. This week we cover a new issue which was addressed immediately, one item which has been addressed, and a couple of scheduling changes.

Last week we saw a spike in reports about Microsoft Edge crashing when a new tab was opened. This issue was fixed in Chromium and the fix should be in the Canary and Dev channels now. Please let us know if you’re still having an issue with this by choosing the Send feedback smiley or commenting here in this forum post.

This week we’re delivering on a top feature request with the arrival of inking mode for PDF files. We have finished rolling out the feature in it’s initial state. However, we’re already planning on some enhancements to this feature, specifically color customizations and new pen types including a highlighter. Let us know what you think of PDF inking and what additional functionality you’d like to see in the thread below.

Meanwhile, you may notice that the top feedback labeled “Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo” has changed from “Planned for October” to just “Planned”. This reflects a bit of a delay internally. We are spending more time iterating on the interaction model and visual design of the New Tab Page and we had to temporarily reassign resources. Nonetheless, we are aware that many of you are eagerly awaiting this feature and we intend to get back to it as soon as possible. We hope to get it into an Edge80 build. We’ll update the status when our plan for this one becomes more firm.

There is also a small delay in addressing “Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile”. We had expected to deliver this in October, but it now looks like it will be November.

Here is the full updated list of top feedback:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Addressed	Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link	New!
Addressed	Inking for PDF files	9 weeks
Planned for October	A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line	9 weeks
Planned for October	Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page	9 weeks
Planned for November (Previously planned for October)	Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile	9 weeks
Planned for November	Enable search in the extensions store	9 weeks
Planned (Previously Planned for October)	Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo	9 weeks
Under Review	Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store	2 weeks
Under Review	Opening a new tab is too slow	4 weeks
Under Review	Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window	4 weeks
Under Review	Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close	5 weeks
Under Review	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	5 weeks
Under Review	Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page	7 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.	7 weeks
Under Review	Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead	7 weeks
Under Review	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	7 weeks
Under Review	Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page	9 weeks
Under Review	Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers	9 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	9 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	9 weeks
Under Review	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	9 weeks
Under Review	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	9 weeks
Under Review	Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page	9 weeks
Under Review	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	9 weeks
Under Review	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	9 weeks
Under Review	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	9 weeks
Under Review	Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account	9 weeks
Under Review	Provide different options for sorting favorites	9 weeks
Under Review	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	9 weeks
Quality Area	Bring more extensions to the extensions store	7 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less memory than it does	9 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less CPU than it does	9 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages	9 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files	9 weeks
Quality Area	Update does not always work reliably	9 weeks

Definitions:

Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels

Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet.

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.

51 Replies

GregoryLinePlay
Iron Contributor
Nov 17, 2019
Hello David Rubino
When this text are update ?
Anthony Hart
Brass Contributor
Oct 29, 2019
Feature Request: This feature request is highly needed for the Public Sector for Federal Agencies, which is the ability to digitally sign a pdf in Edge with a Smart Card. If the function was added to digitally sign a PDF with a Smart Card, many federal agencies wouldn't have to depend on the 3rd party application Adobe Reader for this one specific function and could fully leverage Edge for PDFs instead. @David Rubino @josh_bodner
benpal
Iron Contributor
Oct 28, 2019
David Rubino
Hi, just installed Canary 80.0.315.0. I had to uninstall the previous builds because they would crash right after launch. Uninstalling wasn't even enough to get beyond the immediate crash, I had to delete the folder Edge Dev in Appdata as well (don't know why and what was in there)
Now it still keeps crashing but randomly, after several seconds, even when Canary is left idling in the background.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 28, 2019
  Edge dev app data and Canary?
  - benpal
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 28, 2019
    HotCakeX
    I don't know what you mean. I'm just telling what I did to be able to open and keep open for a short moment Canary. I'm writing this comment from the same Canary build on another laptop and it works flawlessly.
Jacques Van de Meerssche
Iron Contributor
Oct 26, 2019
As an Edge/Can user on Windows 10 I really like the pinned tiles on the NTP. Edge/Android does not seem to give me the option to choose what tiles I see there and automatically shows the most visited sites. Will that option become available and will it be synched between W10 and Android installations ?David Rubino . Great job you people are doing. Finally (reluctantly) ditched my beloved HP Elite X3 for an Android phone and only the growing presence of MS on the platform makes the pain bearable LOL.
- Graham-STMC
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 27, 2019
  As far as most users of all variants of Edge are concerned, I think it is really important that all versions look the same (or very similar) and have the same features wherever possible, whether or not it is a different team within Microsoft that manages the different builds and apps.
lunarsound
Brass Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
What I'd really like to see in the future is some degree of customization for right-click menu, even if it's done via flags.
For example I have absolutely no use for "Print" or "Cast media to device" so these options are nothing but a waste of space in my case.
Also I saw people mention the ability to see what "Default" option for flags really mean, whether it's disabled/enabled and whatnot. Something like "Default (enabled)" would be great.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 23, 2019
  Absolutely, the defaults in the flags need to be specified whether they are enabled or disabled.
  many people asked the same from Google to do it in Chrome but they ignored it, Hope Microsoft won't do the same 🙂
lrasmussen
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
David Rubino
PDF Improvements -
When you add highlighting to pdf inking, can you include a non-transparent highlighter for redacting? This would be awesome!
PDFs with many pages are difficult to navigate in edge, chrome has page selection, could this be added?
Fillable PDFs which have tables and automatic calculations don't work in any chromium, could this be addressed?
- pbilk
  Brass Contributor
  Oct 23, 2019
  lrasmussen Yes! Please, I would love to not need to download Adobe to fill out fillable PDFs.
pbilk
Brass Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
Inking is a great start, obviously a very much an early version with what we have now. I hope the eraser button will disappear soon since I hope that it detects me using the Surface Pen's eraser when I flip the pen around.
It would also be nice and essentially the team took OneNote inking and features and put those in Edge.
Tiago Freire
Brass Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
David Rubino

Any news on expanding support for browser sync?
I currently can do it only with my free @hotmail account, but my business accounts are still dead in the water (Business Premium and E3 still do not work).

Without browser sync the product will have a hard time being adopted.
Kiven
Iron Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
David Rubino
Please
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files
- tistou
  Bronze Contributor
  Oct 25, 2019
  Kiven
  
  What would be nice too, is the addition of a small window "Download"
  When we download, a small window opens (as with Internet Explorer) and it allows to close the browser and keep this window open for download
  - Kiven
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 26, 2019
    Some different But this is a good idea
- GraniteStateColin
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 23, 2019
  Kiven and David Rubino, yes please, please add the Open/Run option to the new Edge. I know everyone has their own pet feature that is "critical" to that person. For me, this is absolutely it, and I'm pretty sure my reasoning applies to other users. In fact, this feature in IE and Edge were the main reason I often used those browsers over Chrome and Firefox in the past.
  
  Here's why it matters:
  I frequently need to open files or run mini-installers, spanning documents, voice mail attachments, PDF's where I need features in Adobe Reader (over the Edge PDF experience), and many more. Because I also often save files in specific folders for the files I do want to keep for the long haul, I have Edge set to always ask me where to save. But if I just want to open or run a file without saving a copy, this is a hassle. Worse, this also means I have to remember where it's saved to go back and delete this file that I only needed for a few seconds. Cumulatively over a day, this can waste several minutes of time. Please give us the ability to just open or run without requiring the file navigation.
rw1234
Brass Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
David Rubino
Edge is getting closer to public release. Scrolling fixes have been waiting on the feedback list for 9 weeks!! Please fix the longstanding inconsistent scrolling behaviour where:
Laptop multi-touch touchpad 2-finger scrolling/fling not as smooth in Chromium Edge as in Classic Edge.
Multi-touch touchpad scrolling animations (e.g. rubber band/bounce) apply to main content area but not scrollable HTML elements. This is inconsistent with Windows 10, macOS, Classic Edge and Chromium Edge itself (main content area has this behaviour but not sub-content areas) and will also present as inconsistency in apps where WebView2 is used. It also makes Progressive Web Apps like Spotify act inconsistently with other modern apps.
Multi-touch zooming animations (e.g. feedback bounce) don't occur when zooming too far in/out. Again, inconsistent with Windows 10, macOS, Classic Edge and also inconsistent with other Microsoft apps where "content is king" such as Photos, Mail and the modern Print dialog
Shock/horror: Scrolling arrows in Chromium Edge are the ones from Windows 7!! Not using the native arrows/icons from the OS. Notepad (e.g.) and almost every other app uses the correct ones from the host OS.
I really really want to use Chromium Edge as my main browser but until these issues are fixed I'll likely keep using Classic Edge as long as possible because the high level of polish makes my Windows laptop feel like a premium experience, regardless if other browsers are getting faster and gaining other improvements.

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