Welcome to the Microsoft Edge Insiders community

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Hello Microsoft Edge Insiders!


Ever since we first announced in December that Microsoft Edge was going to adopt the Chromium open source project for our desktop browser, we’ve been excited to begin launching our Insider community. The time has finally come, and everyone can try out the new version of the browser right now!

 

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We want to use this opportunity to start building a close relationship with all of you. Going beyond collecting comments and reviews, we’re eager to listen and engage in active conversations with you. We believe your collective voices will help us build a better Microsoft Edge, and that’s our vision for this community.


With our recent adoption of Chromium, Microsoft Edge gets a chance to grow beyond its initial home on Windows 10. As we’ve reflected on the best ways to enable a new listening system to support other versions of Windows and platforms, we’ve realized that our goals should be based on what we want as customers, not as engineers or designers.


What would such a system look like? That’s where all of you come in. Based on the feedback you’ve graciously given us over the past few years, we know it’s important to be able to quickly and easily send us problems or suggestions from directly within the browser. You also want a way to engage meaningfully and deeply with the developers, as well as a way to get immediate support when you run into a problem that you can’t fix on your own.


Other Insider programs at Microsoft have provided good models for us to follow for our new community. However, the Microsoft Edge Insider community has one important difference: you don’t need to sign up. Just downloading and using the Microsoft Edge Canary, Dev, or Beta channels is enough.


We hope that this relationship can be beneficial for both parties. For you, this isn’t just about being a member of an active group of fellow browser enthusiasts. You also get: a chance to see new features before all the other Microsoft Edge users; an in-depth understanding of how and why we built them, a direct channel of communication with the engineers responsible for them, and the chance to critique them and suggest what we should build next. We at Microsoft get valuable early feedback, your verbal and written insights about what you do and don't like about a given feature or approach, which will help us steer the product in the right direction. The ability to dig deeper and understand the why behind the what, while learning from a large and diverse worldwide audience. Finally, through our continuing conversations, we hope Insiders will invite others in their own communities to come and join in our conversation.

welcome-graphic2.pngSo, what can you expect from us? As our new features start making their way into the builds, our goal is to publish at least one new article every other week to inform and encourage active discussions on the latest developments in the Insider channels. We are devoting some of our time to reading and responding to every thread, and you can expect direct interaction from the Microsoft Edge team that promotes the deepest, most enlightening discussions.


We’re fully committed to building an open, honest and respectful community of awesome Insiders like you. We hope you’ll join our discussions or start your own today.
Welcome to our community. We can’t wait to build a great Edge community together!

 

-The Microsoft Edge Team-

 

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@Elliot Kirk  One likable thing is that it is easier to tell which is the currently used/open tab, when in a multi-tab usage scenario.  Prolly everyone knows of what I speak. (Compared to current Edge).  And it does a better job of applying ones chosen accent colour on the top bar of the browser.

Yes. But if new Edge update with Windows update, will it updte quickly as chormium but not like old Edge? And can we use it in 19H1 without download a installer. Thank you.

@SEMSarek 
Sorry don't know your name,

MANY of us are anxiously awaiting Dark. 

Cheers,
Drew

@Deleted 

I keep telling myself, "It's early".  There are a few things missing (<-- understatement). 
The Favourites Star and Reading View being examples.

Cheers,
Drew

Hi @Drew1903.
The way I found to have a dark theme is:
- in edge://flags , toggle the 'Microsoft Edge theme' to change the color of the tabs, menus...
- install the extension 'dark theme for Chrome' to darken web pages.
If that can help you.

@Elliot Kirk 

It does seem quite quick, even, at this early stage.  It snaps.

Now, this is important:

Must change Settings, Extentions, all the enquiries from opening as new tabs or new windows.  Have them open in panels w/in the window being used/viewed... same as original Edge.  Don't want to leave where something was wanted... would, likely, relate to what (the page or site) was being viewed.  It is nicer, best to (just) have panels open not, an actual page making you leave where you were.

Cheers,
Drew 

@SEMSarek 

Done & thanks.  There's lots that is not intuitive & takes more 'effort' (to do or find) than w/ the current Edge. Maybe, not accustomed to it, merely unfamiliar ground.  I mean, only, bit a bit of use since all of yesterday LOL.  Though, we know there's a lot more building to be done & heaps of "Coming Soon" things.

Cheers,
Drew

@Elliot Kirk 

IE 11 ... Eeeeeek!  Edge & Edge Beta are both better than IE; both performance & features.

@Elliot Kirk 

Excuse, I know you're not asking me, but, I have an thought about this...  

Because, you don't want to, actually, leave the page or site being viewed.  AND the 'enquiry' is likely related to where one is... you want to, STILL, (be able to) see where you are... NOT, be switched to a completely different tab/page.  Panels make MUCH more sense!  That should NOT be changed! to these full pages.

Cheers,
Drew

@SEMSarek 

Holy Moly, have y'all noticed how bloody long the list of flags is.  WOW!  Don't have that many hrs in a day.

Cheers,
Drew

@SEMSarek 

Actually, I cheated. Went to the flags page and put Dark in the search box. Brought up the 2 items you mentioned.

Cheers,
Drew


@Elliot Kirk I would suggest adding thumbnails to the "new blank tab" shortcuts, or the ability to edit shortcut names.

@Elliot Kirk  The linking of the media (keyboard) shortcut could act only on the active tab. He currently operates videos of the first open guide.

 


@Elliot Kirk wrote:
This is great feedback, @David61. What level of autoplay settings are you looking for?
Thanks,
Elliot

I want to be able to turn off ALL autoplay. It's not that I don't like video or audio playing. I just don't like them playing automatically...especially at 3 am in the morning when the house is silent or I'm listening to music.  Since I listen to music via streaming on the same PC I do most of my surfing on, muting audio is simply not an option. Nothing should be playing unless I tell it to play.  @Elliot Kirk 

Stop talking get on with it!
I need it to connect to my WD storage drive!
Bob Mauk
My only wish right now is to have proper customizations available for the URL shortcuts on the New tab "focused", currently I can't even use custom names.
I want to be able to rename the shortcut
I want to be able to reorder the shortcuts
I want to be able to group the shortcuts
I don't want to use an extra extension for customizing the screen as I do in Google Chrome.
This is the only thing that holds me from switching.

@Elliot Kirk 

 

Is Kirk or Elliot your 1st name?

I have been using Edge Insider AND reading 'comments'.  Seems it's almost a catch-22. We  are prone to discuss what we like or do not like.... what we'd like to change, fix, add or remove and what works or doesn't.  Thing is, apparently, it's early and that is to explain why so much is missing.  Yes, it's impressive how well it works & what IS there, already... but, so many features are missing, icons for things are missing.  Ergo, it is tough to know what to say, right now, pro or con. You start to say, "Hey, what about..." & then, remind yourself it's likely another "Coming Soon" thing... like Reading view & Web notes and (open) Favourites star.  Patience, Grasshopper 🦗.  Must remember, it's the life & turf of an Insider.

Cheers,
Drew

@miwebguy 

To have Dark > edge://flags

Type Dark in the search box & Enable these 2 items.

(Can see, even, w/ this photo, it's Dark)

Dark.jpg

Cheers,
Drew

Hi
Please add Reading View/Learning Tools, this is a feature used greatly in our schools and is a big advantage for Edge.

@RavenholmZombie 

 

Hello, if you want the dark theme you can have it when you follow the next steps, i did it also and it works great.

Greetz Browny

 

  1. Open Settings in Windows.
  2. Click the Personalization icon and move to the Colors
  3. Under the Choose your default app mode heading, select Dark.
  4. Now launch Edge and type edge://flags/#edge-follow-os-theme into the address bar before pressing Enter.
  5. From the drop down menu to the right, select Enabled.
  6. Click Relaunch Now.