Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Edit July 21st: There is nothing new on this list this week, so we're going to skip updating here until next week.
Greetings, Insiders! We’re back after our break, and have a few things being shuffled around today. We’re updating two items for July, marking two as Addressed, and have a new discussion thread from the team. Let’s jump right into it!
Up first, those moving from June to July are Allow more than one row of top sites on the New Tab Page and Allow users to get back to where they left off in PDF documents. Some users in our Canary channel may already see these two; if you have either of these items, don’t forget to let us know your thoughts or any issues you spot via the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback.
Next, we’ve started a discussion thread for Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep. We’re looking for some more specifics from Insiders, so head over there to read more about our thoughts on this item. We’d love to hear more about your opinion about how this feature update would help you out!
Last, we’re marking two items as Addressed today! Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups is now addressed, and users can find this option by right-clicking on a tab and selecting Add tab to new group. We’re also closing out Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled today, and we’ve removed the flag as well.
This was a hefty week with a lot of updates. We’ll be back at you next week with any updates we have ready for y’all. Happy browsing!
Here’s the updated list for this week:
Status
Feedback
On this list for
Addressed
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled
19 weeks
Addressed
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups
23 weeks
Planned for July
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge
47 weeks
Not Planned
MSA profile picture is not updating
56 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.
@MissyQ I am very glad to see that there is a new feature "Add option to always open favorites in new tab", it is planned about one month ago, so could you develop this feature a little quick?Thank you very very much！
With this update the title in the current tab vanishes. If I select another tab, then that title disappears and the previous blank tab title now shows up.
Still having an issue on my Bing homepage where the "Show news and interests" button is not persistently checked when opening a new EdgeDev session, and not persistently checked between platforms. I have reported this numerous times using the Feedback form for EdgeDev and on the Bing page, but still no joy. The button used to stay on early in EdgeDev development but has kept reverting to the off position for months. Any chance your team can look into this, please? TYVM.
Sometime around the month of June 2021, in Edge everytime we open a link to a pdf it opens up in a Edge tab. Which is fine, but at the top it indicates "Set Microsoft Edge as the default applications for reading PDF files?" with the options of "Set as Default" or "X" to close. How can we disable just this message from coming up so users won't accidentally hit "Set as Default"? Our user computers are already set by default to open PDF's using the Acrobat DC program until the above happens and the users start reporting issues.
