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Nov 02, 2021

Top Feedback Summary for October

Greetings, Insiders! Albeit delayed a week, welcome to October’s Top Summary Feedback. We are only closing out one item on this list and have a couple of very special announcements! Let’s jump right into it.

Some of you may have seen news of this elsewhere (depending on your involvement in other social spaces), but like our friends over on Teams, we have launched the preview of Feedback! This new feedback experience allows users to submit their own feedback, browse other public feedback items, and comment on items that they want to share their voice about! We have most of this list already available on the new portal and have seen a few of you already there, commenting and posting your new suggestions.

In what’s being closed out this month, we are marking Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep as Addressed. After a great discussion had by community members in the discussion thread and based on what we heard after last month’s update, we believe we have addressed the concerns around this item. That’s not to say we’ve stopped listening to you about how you prefer to utilize sleeping tabs! Please stop by the discussion thread and tag MissyQ into your comment so she can share directly with the team.

On the subject of hearing you all, it was clear last month that the suggestion of closing out the item related to the autoplay of audio and video would not be sufficient as you do not feel that the feedback is addressed. We understand this, and Sushanth and team hopped into comments last month to chat with some of you and your frustrations that you still have with this. We are continuing to have talks about improvements in this area, and appreciate everyone who spoke up in last month’s update!

A quick update on one item, we are updating the tab set aside feature to reflect that this is a parity feature from Microsoft Edge legacy, rather than referencing “the current version of Microsoft Edge”. This is an effort to be clear on what the feedback is actually about, to help avoid confusion.

Finally, an announcement that we think a few of you will be very excited to see. We have a new playable character in edge://surf for Dev and Canary (Edge 97). Here’s a hint: :penguin:

That is it for this month’s update, friends! The next couple months are holiday heavy, and there’s a chance these updates will either not appear or will be late. We hope you understand as we work to balance what we communicate with you all while adjusting around the well-deserved time off of the team members. Keep an eye out on our Twitter account to see news around our communications this holiday season. See something you think the team needs to be aware of, or want to see something you really want added to the browser on this list? Well, now you can head to the Feedback page to submit feedback to us, or you can continue to send it in via the … menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback. We appreciate everything you do for us!

Here’s this month’s update:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Addressed (View the discussion)	Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep	21 weeks
Planned	Add option to always open favorites in new tab	20 weeks
Planned	Users can easily close Vertical Tabs	30 weeks
Planned	Enable search of items in Collections	35 weeks
Planned	Edge should respect the default PDF viewer	67 weeks
Planned	Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason	68 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Add ability to close tabs via double-click	83 weeks
Planned	Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website	115 weeks
Alternative Planned (Join the discussion)	Bring the tab set aside feature from Microsoft Edge legacy	115 weeks
Under Review	Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window	25 weeks
Under Review	Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen	31 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

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
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

Feedback On this list for Addressed on 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

Rob Garrett
Copper Contributor
Nov 10, 2021
Dear Edge: STOP HIJACKING MY .PDF settings!! I want .pdf's to open in Acrobat Reader, not Edge - forever and always. Thank you.
- BLue677
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 28, 2022
  Yes, agree with this, it is very annoying during presentation Edge suddenly took over without permission, i have to manually set it back to Acrobat & while mumbling come'on, please leave the professional software handle those file type
NuAngel
Brass Contributor
Nov 30, 2021
You know what's really interesting? When I look at this list of requested features and user feedback, I don't see any mention at all of "Buy Now Pay Later" features. CRAZY, RIGHT?
EdgeEnemyDueToBing
Copper Contributor
Nov 11, 2021
Nothing is more representative of the hate and disgust that microsoft products create than the edge insider tech community.

A lot of the comments here are of frustration and negativity, and instead of listening to users, we get this "tone deaf" frequent feedback list.

With regards to the new "feedback community", microsoft had an old "feedback" community that got lots and lots of feedback. In the end, it became a graveyard of complaints and frustrated users, because features were not delivered, bugs did not get fixed (even worse, products were released with no testing and planning), and what the community actually asked for was not implemented.
In the end the products got so much hate and disgust that they had to kill it.
This community will die, just like the old feedback forums, and just like the insiders community.
sauravyad500
Iron Contributor
Nov 03, 2021
MissyQ The edge://settings page is very slow and even those "View Site Information", "Bookmarks" and "Downloads" flyout are very slow. They compose very slowly on the screen while "Extensions" loads quickly. Please take note of it. I had sent so many feedbacks and created so many posts but team is not fixing those lethargic behaviour.
mrfry700
Iron Contributor
Nov 19, 2021
Is there anyway of hiding Alert & Tips, Discover in the menu context menu? Really unnecessary clutter.
ms4132
Steel Contributor
Nov 02, 2021
MissyQ Thank you for this update and for the willingness of the team to join a conversation about the auto-play topic. Another example of the importance and effectiveness of the feedback process. And the new Feedback space is a nice addition.
mwubbenhorst
Copper Contributor
Nov 03, 2021
Hi! Please allow keyboard shortcuts created in MS Word to work in OneNote as well.
AND Please allow the “international keyboard” (under United States language) to be utilized in OneNote. It can’t even do accents.

So far, users writing in languages other than English (yet working on an English interface) are forced to write accents and other symbols with 1990’s ASCII and Hex codes. Teachers in World Language departments try to teach students to be digital polyglots in one seamless environment. We won’t accomplish this if we have to switch languages and/or keyboards on our system interface every time we give classes to our students. In language class, one document has two languages on the same page. We need to live in a multilingual setting on OneNote. Please make OneNote as capable as Word. right now we're doing all of our work in Word and then copying and pasting into OneNote. The redundancy is killing me. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Reza_Ameri
Silver Contributor
Nov 04, 2021
Thank you for updates, I really love the new Feedback portal and I would like to thank you for that, so is there any plan to share general idea sending from the Feedback option in the Microsoft Edge inside this portal?
ErikLane
Copper Contributor
Nov 07, 2021
I've tried a couple of times to install the stable version of Edge to my laptop using Ubuntu 20.04 but after it's installed, I cannot sync anything with my email address. I put in my address but nothing happens. I was able to successfully sync everything on my PC that uses Ubuntu 20.04 with no problem. But my laptop is older & does not have a processor that's as fast as my PC. Could this be the problem?
dftf-wip
Iron Contributor
Dec 03, 2021
MissyQHi Missy. I tried to post this as a new post, but it says I do not have permisson, hence I'll add it as a comment here.

The "open these pages" setting under "When Microsoft Edge starts" seems to have been broken in a recent update. Even though I have it configured, each launch I only get the "New Tab Page":

This issue has occured on two laptops I use, both running the latest Edge - Stable Channel (the version that comes built-into Windows 10). I don't have a Windows 11 device to test on, and so I can't confirm if the issue is also happening there.

I tried going to Settings > Reset settings and using the "Restore settings to their default values", but this did not resolve the issue. Instead I had to go to Settings > Profiles and then add a new profile, which then made the homepage setting work again correctly.

Can anyone please see if a recent code-change has broken this setting?

Thanks
- MissyQ
  Microsoft
  Dec 03, 2021
  dftf-wipWeird that you can't post. I will see if I can figure out what is happening there with the Tech Community team.
  
  Regarding what you are seeing with your settings, we are currently investigating that! We got a report earlier this week, and we're trying to nail it down. If you could help us reproduce this, the data would be massively appreciated. Do you happen to have any clear on exit settings configured here: edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose ? Another community member I am working with had a few of these set up, so if you do have them enabled turn those off and let me know if it still decides to open on the new page. If it works as intended, go ahead and revert your settings, and exit out of Edge fully. Open a command prompt window as an admin and run this command line, filling in your user details from your computer: msedge.exe --log-net-log=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ReproNetlog.json --net-log-capture-mode=Everything
  
  When you do this, it should collect a trace and save it to your desktop once you exit out of Edge again. I suspect that you will be able to capture this pretty easily. After you do this, open Edge again and please submit feedback by holding Alt+Shift+I to bring up the tool, detail what you are running into, include your email address so that the engineering team or I can talk to you directly, and put my name into the feedback details so I can easily find it. You do not need to attach the logs if they are too large, but it would be beneficial to do so if you can. Let me know once you send that in, and I will get it to the team digging into it.
  
  I massively appreciate the report and ensuring we're aware of it! I look forward to how things work out for you, please do tag me again to ensure I see your response. 🙂
  
  Missy Quarry (she/they)
  Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
  Join us on Twitter, or over on Reddit in r/MicrosoftEdge or r/edge
  - dftf-wip
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 11, 2021
    MissyQ Hi Missy
    
    A Microsoft official who uses the account "CM_Alexandra-R" on the MicrosoftEdge Reddit posted this:
    
    "Hey there OP! This is a known issue and is fixed in 97.0.1057.0 but not quite moved up to Stable yet. Our Insiders who've had the same thing happening have reported it resolved, so you're welcome to give an Insider build a try if you'd like (Canary and Dev have the fix.) Or, I'll check back in with you after that build is in Stable and make sure the fix is working for you!"
    
    Do you know when the fix will go out to the Stable Channel? I'm using "Version 96.0.1054.53 (Official build) (64-bit)". Will I have to wait until the version 97 series hits Stable?