Greetings Microsoft Edge Insiders!
Let us start off by saying, welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insider community! We’re so excited to have you here, and we can’t wait to start learning from you. If you haven’t read our Welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insider community article yet, we recommend starting there. It has a bunch of great information on how we got here and where we’re heading.
Our mission:
Our mission is to create a thriving community of valuable Insiders, like you, so we can closely listen and learn how Microsoft Edge can be better. We believe that having open, honest, and continued conversations with our Insider community is a great way to build a close relationship with our users.
Why do all of this? Because we want to build a browser that’s deeply grounded in your needs. Your voice is the most important piece of helping us build a better Microsoft Edge. The feedback you provide leads to meaningful conversations that may ultimately produce the new features, bug fixes, and other improvements that matter the most to you. Listening is just the beginning for us. Our true goal is to build Microsoft Edge with the voice of the Insider community as our guiding light.
Community voice
When we announced the next version of Microsoft Edge back in December, we asked a simple question: If you could change one thing about the web, what would it be?
We were completely humbled by the over 40k comments you’ve shared with us. That’s a whole lot of ideas. Thank you!
You tell us that you love some things about the current Microsoft Edge browser, like the smooth scrolling experience, our Fluent Design and the precision touchpad, and you hope we’ll bring those things forward into the next version too.
Some of you are frustrated with the way that sites render so differently depending on the browser you're using to view them. You also tell us that Web Standards are on the top of your mind. We hear that you want all browsers to adopt the same standards. We hear from some of you web developers that you want new capabilities added to the web platform; whether that be in CSS, HTML or JavaScript. Another top request is an improved dev tools experience.
We hear that you have strong feelings about online advertising. Some of you wish ads that pop-up would just disappear and the same for auto-playing ads. While others feel a strong desire to remove or fundamentally change how online advertising works on the web. There is concern how these advertisements enable sites to track you as you browse which feels "creepy" and "invasive."
The overwhelming majority of comments (we’re talking thousands of messages) that we have read wish for a change in the fundamental attributes of the web. Make it faster, safer, more reliable and more private. You want your browsers to have smaller memory footprints, lower battery consumption, higher rendering speed and better stability. We agree with you wholeheartedly! The attributes that you say matter most in your browsing experience are performance, privacy, and reliability. So that is where we are starting.
We are focusing on delivering outstanding fundamentals. Speed, stability, accessibility, compatibility, security, and privacy are always top of mind for us. We are using your comments and suggestions to guide us while we are getting the new Microsoft Edge ready for its debut.
What’s next?
In the meantime, jump in, download the Microsoft Edge Insider Channels, and let us know what you think. What’s working well? Where do we need to improve? Over time, we hope to build healthy engagement and feedback loops with our community members.
We’re also mindful that our users have preferred ways to engage with us. Whether you view the latest information on the Microsoft Edge Insider website, enjoy direct discussions on our forum, need a personal support assistant via help (F1), share your feedback and suggestions via the smiley face, or just want to give us a shout on Twitter, we’re always listening and looking for ways to reach out wherever our users feel most comfortable and prefer to talk to us. We’re all ears!
Thank you for being here. We look forward to listening and engaging with you.
-The Microsoft Edge Team-
@Robin Richardson
Hi Robin,
You are seeing USA results because:
1. Edge C is, currently, beta Builds
2. Microsoft is an American-based company
1+2 = When something like this project is in the 'lab', so to speak and not, in public release some things will not be Global/Universal. It will, for a while, be relating to its home base. More languages were recently brought into play. This kind of thing may/can expand before release. But, will, certainly, be tied locally (Global locales) upon release. Basically, things don't go fully whilst, still, an in-house project or not in early stages of same. Although, I am in Calgary & Bing within Edge C does not > USA... searches go local & Canada, first. Suggesting it's geared to North America, for the time being.
goggle is not MS. Edge which, is MS does Bing to UK. That is not, yet, tied into Edge C.
Fav icons:
Because some sites can have similar or identical logos. Ergo, if affected ALL, cannot distinguish betwixt such ones without, at least one (of them) having its tag.
Going to Light Mode:
Maybe, someone else can help on this one. I do not have the behavior nor, regrettably, can I explain it or comment.
Cheers,
Drew
@Deleted
Hi,
Enjoyed reading your note.
One little FYI thing for you and others, too, maybe... If one goes to Default apps & changes (say) from Edge to Edge Dev, it is not necessary to reboot for that to take effect. Most changes made in Settings do not require a reboot, btw.
It is true that as default is the most enlightening way to test these Channels.
Cheers,
Drew
@IdleDirectory
Dark Mode is supported by both Edge Dev & Canary. Twitter & YouTube both have their own Dark Mode settings. Edge C will follow the W10 OS Personalization settings. And that is whether Edge C is set as default browser or not.
Cheers,
Drew
@Alexander Jacubowsky
Alexander, please, remember IE, itself, is available, already, within your OS by default. Regardless of whether or not there is any IE Mode available within the browser, it, Internet Explorer, is still/always was offered by your OS. Open & use it, on its own... it is in your OS; it, itself, without having it by going through another browser. It is there for you all the time, anytime, a single click away.
Cheers,
Drew
@Zedboy_1975
Fully understand not wanting to use 2 browsers especially, when 1 is IE (wink)
The info & explanation you seek regarding "How to" is HERE.
Cheers,
Drew
