Top Feedback Summary for April 21

Microsoft

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

 

Hello, Insiders! As we continue to move our way up the ever-increasing number of versions we release, there’s a few things getting shifted around this week. Some are expected, one is getting merged, and we’re moving a couple up to Planned! Let’s jump into it.

 

As we work on this item, Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge is being moved from March to Planned for May. This is a feature that is available to some of those using Canary or Dev, but it’s currently not available for everyone.

 

On the same subject as tabs, we are merging the Users can organize Vertical Tabs into groups item into Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups. After an internal discussion, the team confirmed that both vertical and horizontal tabs are being considered in this latter grouping item. More tabs news: Both Users can easily close Vertical Tabs and Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled are moving from Under Review to Planned!

 

In other feature spaces this week, we’re updating Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification from Planned to March to Planned for May.

 

Next week is the last week of April and we expect to see Edge 92 move into the Dev channel while Edge 91 moves into our Beta channel. Items appear on this list based on the feedback users like yourselves send us. Want something on this list? Submit your suggestions directly through the browser via the menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback so the team can consider your feedback.

 

We’ll be back with the latest updates next week!

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for April

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

59 weeks

Planned for April

Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website

87 weeks

Planned for May

Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups

11 weeks

Planned for May

Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification

19 weeks

Planned for May

Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents

19 weeks

Planned for May

(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

87 weeks

Planned

Users can easily close Vertical Tabs

1 week

Planned

Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled

7 weeks

Planned

Users would like more theme and customization options

11 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

35 weeks

Planned

Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason

37 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

54 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

87 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Enable option to match Windows display language

25 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

54 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome

87 weeks

Under Review

Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen

3 weeks

Under Review

Enable search of items in Collections

7 weeks

Not Planned

Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close

13 weeks

Not Planned

(View the discussion)

Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account

23 weeks

Not Planned

Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab”

25 weeks

Not planned

(See the discussion)

Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

35 weeks

Not Planned
(Read the
discussion)

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

43 weeks

Not Planned
(Read the
discussion)

Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge

47 weeks

 

And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:

 

Bring more extensions to the extensions store

Edge should use less memory than it does

Edge should use less CPU than it does

Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages

Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files

Opening a new tab is too slow

Update does not always work reliably

 

Definitions:

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

Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed.

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.

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. 

Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.

In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum.

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. 

 

Archive of previously addressed topics:

 

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Feedback

On this list for

Addressed on

Some web page fonts are blurry

48 weeks

Apr 7, 2021

Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window

81 weeks

Apr 7, 2021

Add dictionary in PDF

31 weeks

Mar 23, 2021

Some passwords are not saved

25 weeks

Mar 16, 2021

Enable kiosk mode

16 weeks

Feb 9, 2021

Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list 

35 weeks

Feb 9, 2021

Enable vertical tabs feature

23 weeks

Jan 27, 2021

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

26 weeks

Jan 27, 2021

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

32 weeks

Jan 27, 2021

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

31 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

57 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

Add the ability to ink on web page content

57 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

27 weeks

Nov 17, 2020

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System
(See the discussion)

65 weeks

Nov 17, 2020

Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen

6 weeks

Nov 3, 2020

Make Edge available on Linux

(Download here)

39 weeks

Oct 20, 2020

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store
(Learn more)

60 weeks

Oct 15, 2020

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

13 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

31 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

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

55 weeks

Sept 9, 2020

Provide different options for sorting favorites
(See the discussion)

51 weeks

Aug 11, 2020

Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge
(See the alternative)

50 weeks

Aug 5, 2020

Highlighter tool for PDF files

21 weeks

July 15, 2020

Mouse cursor sometimes disappears

(Read the discussion)

11 weeks

June 24, 2020

Support read aloud of PDF files

20 weeks

June 9, 2020

Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more)

16 weeks

May 19, 2020

Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close

21 weeks

Apr 7, 2020

Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo

33 weeks

Apr 7, 2020

Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices

19 weeks

Mar 19. 2020

Some users are unable to access any web page

3 weeks

Mar 11, 2020

Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated

13 weeks

Mar 4, 2020

Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar

17 weeks

Feb 26, 2020

Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile

26 weeks

Feb 21, 2020

Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead

24 weeks

Feb 21, 2020

Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page

20 weeks

Jan 22, 2020

Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page

22 weeks

Jan 22, 2020

Enable search in the extensions store

17 weeks

Dec 19, 2019

The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo

1 week

Nov 14, 2019

A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line

12 weeks

Nov 14, 2019

YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified

1 week

Nov 4, 2019

Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store

4 weeks

Nov 4, 2019

Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion)

8 weeks

October 29, 2019

Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link

1 week

October 22, 2019

Inking for PDF files

9 weeks

October 22, 2019

Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar

1 week

October 15, 2019

Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs

1 week

September 17, 2019

Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date

4 weeks

September 17, 2019

“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser

2 weeks

September 4, 2019

Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites

1 week

August 29, 2019

Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps

1 week

August 29, 2019

Drop down menus in some web pages are not working

1 week

August 29, 2019

Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge

Addressed before these posts started

 

Build translation capabilities into the browser

Addressed before these posts started

 

Delete browsing history on exit

Addressed before these posts started

 

Show favorites bar only on the new tab page

Addressed before these posts started

 

Bring back reading view

Addressed before these posts started

 

Sync data with my work or school account

Addressed before these posts started

 

 

 

10 Replies
Thanks for the update,
I'm gonna guess that the feature you are considering for managing vertical tabs, horizontal tabs, tab groups etc. is Workspaces :)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/introducing-workspaces-in-edge-new-feature/m-p/22...

 @MissyQ Hello,
As for Global media control, it doesn't work in PWAs !

@MissyQ I have have always been a not-so Microsoft fan, all the way back from the OS/2 days. However, I find that Edge has become my everyday browser on my Gentoo Linux systems along with Visual Code Studio and MS Teams. Times sure have changed ....  Thanks for all the good work!

Thank you for sharing the Tab Preview feature would be great

@MissyQ Thanks, good to see Edge has progressed since I last checked it out. It took only 2 years for the Prompt to Close All Tabs option to be added, but better late than never. Hopefully by 2023 or so we can have the Don't Close Window with Last Tab option added as well so that we don't have to rely on kludgy add-ons or other Chromium-based alternatives. :\

What do they mean when they are referring to tab previews the pinned state or the hovering state. I still want both.

I also think that vertical tabs would work better pinned rather than hovering. For pinned tabs I envision the tab being underneath the link title similar to how I invasion Microsoft doing the page previews for the table of contents for PDF
I'm not a fan of the new tab action menu even though your post has made it more clear what they are trying to do I just don't find it all that necessary when you can right-click to enable these features or to long-press on the tab x or the back arrow to see some of the previous tabs or pages

Hi all I have big problems with Translator Bing does not work well, problems because it is too big fond and you can not see the whole content at the same time it is very cumbersome, I'm logged into Bing and I have to confirm after all that I'm not a robot - it's very cumbersome and really bothering  

Previously it was definitely better do not know why it changed is difficult to translate without seeing all the written content

@ethanmenzel 

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@ethanmenzel wrote:
I'm not a fan of the new tab action menu even though your post has made it more clear what they are trying to do I just don't find it all that necessary when you can right-click to enable these features or to long-press on the tab x or the back arrow to see some of the previous tabs or pages

Okay you can use the feedback button on Edge to share your feedback.

I personally like it.

I'm on the Canary build of Microsoft Edge on Windows and I think they took my advice or just removed it for the time being because it isn't anywhere in Edge anymore which is great because I didn't like it at all.