Jun 09 2021 10:08 AM - edited Jun 15 2021 10:59 AM
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Greetings, Insiders! June is here, summer is just around the corner for us in the northern hemisphere (we hope our friends in the southern hemisphere are keeping warm!), and Edge 92 is rolling into our Beta channel this week! We have several things moving around and being added, as items do on this list, so let’s jump into it.
First up, a surprise! We are not only adding on Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane, it’s also already Addressed! This is available now for most users in our Dev and Canary channels.
We have two items moving this week from May to June. Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents and Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups are available for some and should be available for more users later this month.
Lastly, another new item! Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep is something that users who utilize Sleeping Tabs have been asking for, and we’re excited to share that we have this Planned. As we get more information on this, and all the other items on this list, we’ll share updates here.
That’s all for this week! Join us next week to see what we update then.
Here’s the updated list for this week:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed |
Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane |
NEW! |
Planned for May |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
66 weeks |
Planned for May |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
94 weeks |
Planned for May (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
94 weeks |
Planned for June |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
18 weeks |
Planned for June |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
26 weeks |
Planned for June |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
26 weeks |
Planned |
Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep |
NEW! |
Planned |
Users can easily close Vertical Tabs |
8 weeks |
Planned |
Enable search of items in Collections |
14 weeks |
Planned |
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
14 weeks |
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
42 weeks |
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
44 weeks |
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
94 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
32 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
61 weeks |
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
94 weeks |
Under Review |
Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window |
4 weeks |
Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
10 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 |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
Not Planned |
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:
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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 |
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 |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
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 |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
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 |
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Jun 09 2021 05:00 PM
Jun 10 2021 12:54 AM
Jun 12 2021 07:49 PM
@MissyQ I wasn't sure where to post this feedback so I thought I'd drop it here.
On the Edge start tile, can the 'Microsoft' bit be removed? It makes the tile seem very out of place and it seems like something that can be easily fixed.
Jun 13 2021 08:17 AM
Jun 14 2021 10:46 AM
Hi Tio_Dep,
How did you manage to get the feature "web capture to collections"? I have the up-to-date Edge stable, Beta, Dev and Canary. None of these has the feature. I have been waiting for this for a while. It says that the feature is launched in v91 but could not find it. Do I have to reinstall Edge?
Jun 14 2021 12:01 PM
Jun 14 2021 08:29 PM
Jun 14 2021 10:52 PM
Jun 15 2021 08:28 PM
Jun 16 2021 01:02 AM
I didn't have to do anything in particular, I just read the article and tried and it worked.
Jun 16 2021 07:43 AM
Thanks Tio_Dep for your reply. Sorry that my question may not be clear. What did you do on your "Edge" that enabled the feature "web capture to collections"? As I said, none of my Edge is showing (on multiple desktops/laptops) the button called "add to collections" on "WebCapture" window.
Please allow me explain the comparisons in the picture attached.
Jul 17 2021 11:20 AM
Finally, after a long wait, the feature (Add web capture directly to collection) is starting to appear in Edge! My installation of Edge Dev v93.0.946.1 and Canary v93.0.953.0 now have the feature. So looks like it will soon be available in the Beta and Stable channels. Thanks for your updates posted in this forum.