Top Feedback Summary for October

Microsoft

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

 

 

 

 

14 Replies

@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.

@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.
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.
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?
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?
Dear Edge: STOP HIJACKING MY .PDF settings!! I want .pdf's to open in Acrobat Reader, not Edge - forever and always. Thank you.
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.
Is there anyway of hiding Alert & Tips, Discover in the menu context menu? Really unnecessary clutter.
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?

@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":

EdgeHomepageNotWorking.png

 

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

@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

@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?

@dftf-wip Hey, thanks, Alex works on our team. :)

 

I got news that this should be fixed in Stable very soon. I am waiting for the team to confirm that the fixes are in place. I will circle back once I have that confirmation!

 

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

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