Top Feedback Summary for July 14

Microsoft

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

31 weeks

Planned for July

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

71 weeks

Planned for July

(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy

99 weeks

Planned

Add option to always open favorites in new tab

4 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep

5 weeks

Planned

Users can easily close Vertical Tabs

13 weeks

Planned

Enable search of items in Collections

19 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

47 weeks

Planned

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

49 weeks

Planned

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

99 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

99 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Enable option to match Windows display language

37 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

66 weeks

Under Review

Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window

9 weeks

Under Review

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

15 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

(View the discussion)

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

35 weeks

Not Planned
(View the
discussion)

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

43 weeks

Not Planned
(View the
discussion)

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. 

 

Archive of previously addressed topics:

 

Spoiler

 

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed on

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

28 weeks

Jun 23, 2021

The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome
(View the
discussion)

96 weeks

Jun 23, 2021

Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane

1 week

Jun 9, 2021

Users would like more theme and customization options

12 weeks

Apr 30, 2021

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
(View 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
(View the discussion)

51 weeks

Aug 11, 2020

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

50 weeks

Aug 5, 2020

Highlighter tool for PDF files

21 weeks

July 15, 2020

Mouse cursor sometimes disappears

(View 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. (View 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

 

 

 

11 Replies
There is an issue. Edge closes unexpectedly while in in-private mode, but not in the normal mode.

@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!:xd::xd::xd:

Great and thank you for sharing
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.

@MissyQ 

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.

Edge still uses double energy as compared to other browser in mac.
I have attached screenshot
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/microsoft-edge-using-double-the-average-energy-im...
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.

There is a new problem this month: Edge update 92.0.902.55 as apparentrly distributed on the 24th of July freezes after opening a PDF.  See also:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/oru4u0/microsoft_edge_crashfreeze_on_opening_pdfs/

Where can this problem be reported ? Can it be discussed here further ? 

As Edge now is based on chromium, next list of software issues applies to Edge too ?

 

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=pdf&can=1

 

That's a lot of work to do. Thank you all s/w engineers !