Top Feedback Summary for November 2022

Microsoft

Hello, Insiders! We appreciate your patience between updates for this summary. To break out of the usual royal tense a little, I suffered a back injury shortly after the last update to this list, which caused severe delays to it being updated. As you can see, we’re here to give you one final update to this list for 2022!

 

We’re excited to share that Add option to always open favorites in new tab is Addressed as of today in both our Canary and Dev channels! We’re still rolling this out, so if you don’t see it keep an eye out for it. The team is still working on finalizing search in Collections and double-clicking to close tabs. Some of you may already see these features, however we’re not quite ready to close these out on this list. We hope to have more updates on these two soon!

 

That’s it for this update! We’re taking a short release break for the holidays here in the United States. Major updates to Stable and Beta channels will resume in early January. Do you have a suggestion that you think the team should consider? Head over to the Edge Feedback portal to leave your suggestion and have likeminded people join in on the conversation. Have something you think might be more of a bug? You can send it to us directly through the in-app feedback tool by heading to the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback and include diagnostics. Detailing exactly what you see will ensure that the team understands the issue at hand, and if you include your email address it offers you the ability to receive email updates whenever we take action on your item.

 

Until our next update, happy holidays wherever you are and a happy new year, Insiders! Talk to you in the new year!

 

Here’s this month’s update:

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

Add option to always open favorites in new tab

75 weeks

Planned for July

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

138 weeks

Planned for November

Enable search of items in Collections

87 weeks

Planned

Users can easily close Vertical Tabs

85 weeks

Planned

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

86 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

124 weeks

Planned

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

170 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab set aside feature from Microsoft Edge legacy

170 weeks

Alternative Planned

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

80 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)

Enable option to match Windows display language

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

 

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

Print and Print Preview are not available on some sites

1 week

May 10, 2022

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

78 weeks

Jan 13, 2022

Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep

21 weeks

Nov 2, 2021

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

42 weeks

Sept 28, 2021

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

77 weeks

Aug 24, 2021

Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy

105 weeks

Aug 24, 2021

Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled

19 weeks

Jul 14, 2021

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

23 weeks

Jul 14, 2021

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

 

 

 

26 Replies

@MissyQ 

Question: where should we look to find and activate the new feature "always open favorites in new tab"?

Hi @Paul_VC 

it's a toggle in edge://settings/appearance right under "Show favorites bar". 

But as MissyQ mentioned it's still in roll out phase, so it can take a few days until you get it. Like me for example, I can see it on one machine but not on the other one.

为什么 edge (dev) 在输入中文字符时崩溃

Please add this one to the list! It's just an option to hide/remove the "Other favorites" folder on the favorites bar. Firefox has this option already :( I made a thread about it https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/request-complaint-let-us-remove-quot-other-favori...

@Paul_VC  it shows up in the right click context menu for favorites bar for me.  Checked item.

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@MissyQ Could the team consider adding the items from the Edge Feedback Portal that have the most votes to this list? Maybe the ten items with the most votes. I see the "prevent auto-play" item on the portal and in this table but not some of the others.

And as a follow-on to this... @MissyQ: is the team actively monitoring this Edge Feedback Portal?

@Paul_VC The answer is "kind of". All of the submissions get put into the same feedback system that in-app feedback goes to, so feedback is seen by the team from there. However, we don't respond over there at this time due to some resource constraints. Same story from every tech company right now, amirite? ;)

 

Re: items not being equal across the two spaces - yeah, part of that is my fault. I haven't closed out items over there that have been closed on this list. We don't yet have a solid plan around changes here, but know that I do have it on my list to adjust. That list seems to be forever long these days, but now that I am no longer on restrictions from back surgery I am able to get back to my full work load and get things where they need to be. :) I like the idea of reviewing the amount of votes/comments there to make it on this list, I will consider that a path we take!

 

Thanks for prodding me about this often, it does help remind me how important this is to the community and where improvements can be made. I have felt terrible about the lack of updates I have been able to do here, 2023 will bring more changes as I review the most recent Insider Survey, too.

 

Missy Quarry (she/they)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Join us on Twitter, or over on Reddit in r/MicrosoftEdge or r/edge

Thank you for taking the time to clearly explain this. Appreciate the effort you put into communicating the details. Wishing you well and hope your recovery from back surgery keeps progressing as expected.
Can you create a setting to manage the right-click menu? There are too many options in the right-click menu. I want to hide the ones I don’t use. So many options seem very messy.
Issue: scrolling through pdf-files, even simple ones, is slow. Edge renders the contents very slowly compared to viewing the same pdf-file in for example Google Chrome or Adobe Reader. When scrolling to a new page, Edge first shows a sort of blurred view of the contents, then renders the higher resolution. This slows down viewing, sometimes dramatically so.
Feature request: in Edge, when using the Share button, and when some text on the web page is selected, share this selected text as well, in addition to the Title & URL of the shared webpage.
(Note: I also reported this via the Feedback-feature of Edge).

@MissyQ 

 

It would be amazing if you continue improving Ink in PDFs! Although the current implementations allows the basics, it is not very consistent with the rest of the windows experience. It would be great if we could have three new features for PDF inking:

  • Keyboard hotkeys to turn on the Draw and Highlighter function (useful for switching quickly between them without clicking)
  • Ink floating overlay as in OneNote

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  • Better Pen settings similar to the ones in Office

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Thanks for all your work,

Best. 

 

Javier.

@Paul_VC  It's in settings > Appearance

@MissyQ Here: The audio text player does not work.

They broke it in 1660.6 Sigh.

@MissyQ @Paul_VC 

It has been a couple of months since the most recent post on Top Feedback, unless I missed it. In the last few weeks items have started to disappear from the Microsoft Edge Feedback Portal, including the "prevent auto-play" item and the top voted request for extension support for Edge on mobile. I tried using search to find either of them, but I found no results. I also tried filtering on different Status values, but I did not find them that way.

Has there been a change to the purpose of the Edge Feedback Portal? Is there a different way to track the status of the items that were on this list?


It's been exactly 1 year since you announce "Vertical Tabs ON THE RIGHT!" and is probably low in your list of priorities? But could you at least give us an update on that? @MissyQ