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MissyQ
Microsoft
MicrosoftTop 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:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed (View the discussion) |
Allow users to put individual tabs to sleep |
21 weeks |
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Planned |
Add option to always open favorites in new tab |
20 weeks |
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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 |
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Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
115 weeks |
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Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
115 weeks |
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Under Review |
Enable additional options for viewing downloaded files, such as the bottom of the window |
25 weeks |
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Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
31 weeks |
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Not Planned |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
13 weeks |
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Not Planned (View the discussion) |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
23 weeks |
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Not Planned |
Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” |
25 weeks |
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Not planned (View the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
35 weeks |
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Not Planned |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
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Not Planned (View the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
43 weeks |
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Not Planned |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
47 weeks |
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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:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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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
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Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
42 weeks |
Sept 28, 2021 |
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Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
77 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge legacy |
105 weeks |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
19 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
23 weeks |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
28 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
96 weeks |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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Allow users to adjust the width of the Vertical Tabs pane |
1 week |
Jun 9, 2021 |
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Users would like more theme and customization options |
12 weeks |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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Some web page fonts are blurry |
48 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
81 weeks |
Apr 7, 2021 |
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Add dictionary in PDF |
31 weeks |
Mar 23, 2021 |
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Some passwords are not saved |
25 weeks |
Mar 16, 2021 |
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Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Enable vertical tabs feature |
23 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
26 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
32 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
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Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
31 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add the ability to ink on web page content |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
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Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
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Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
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Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (View the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
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Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
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Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
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Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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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 |
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Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
19 weeks |
Mar 19. 2020 |
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Some users are unable to access any web page |
3 weeks |
Mar 11, 2020 |
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Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Mar 4, 2020 |
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Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
17 weeks |
Feb 26, 2020 |
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Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
24 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo |
1 week |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
12 weeks |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified |
1 week |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store |
4 weeks |
Nov 4, 2019 |
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Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (View the discussion) |
8 weeks |
October 29, 2019 |
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Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link |
1 week |
October 22, 2019 |
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Inking for PDF files |
9 weeks |
October 22, 2019 |
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Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar |
1 week |
October 15, 2019 |
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Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
6 weeks |
October 1, 2019 |
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Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs |
1 week |
September 17, 2019 |
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Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date |
4 weeks |
September 17, 2019 |
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“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser |
2 weeks |
September 4, 2019 |
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Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Drop down menus in some web pages are not working |
1 week |
August 29, 2019 |
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Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Build translation capabilities into the browser |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
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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
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/edgeMissyQ 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?
- 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?
- Is there anyway of hiding Alert & Tips, Discover in the menu context menu? Really unnecessary clutter.
- 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. - Dear Edge: STOP HIJACKING MY .PDF settings!! I want .pdf's to open in Acrobat Reader, not Edge - forever and always. Thank you.
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
- 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?
- 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?
- 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. - 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.
