Dev Update to 76.0.159.0 is live

Microsoft

Hello insiders, today we released build 76.0.159.0 to the Microsoft Edge Dev Channel. Some of the fixes and improvements in this build are in the change summary below

 

New features and improvements:

 

  • Added a "Copy download link" option to the menu for a downloaded item
  • The context menu for a canceled download no longer shows a list of disabled items, and instead shows only "Copy download link"
  • Added a "Save as" option to the toolbar in the PDF viewer
  • The "Add to dictionary" context menu option for a misspelled word now has an icon
  • For quick links on the new tab page, if there is no site icon available we now show an icon created from the first letter of the site
  • Increased the size of some text on the user profile flyout for readability
  • When a tab is at minimum width and only shows the close button, that close button is now centered in the tab
  • In the Apps submenu, an option now reads "Install this site as an app" instead of showing a really long menu item name that contained the title of the current site
  • When using the keyboard to move through tabs, you can now press enter and not just space to switch tab

 

Bug fixes:

 

  • The send feedback dialog no longer spellchecks URLs and email addresses
  • Fixed a bug where Microsoft Edge may crash after it was accessed through a remote desktop session
  • Fixed a crash when navigating back to history search results
  • Fixed a crash related to tooltips that would occur in a number of different scenarios
  • Fixed a visual formatting problem with the warning about a dangerous file download
  • Fixed a bug in the DevTools Performance tab where the checkboxes in the event log viewer overlapped with the content of the adjacent pane
  • New tab page settings no longer show up in settings search
  • Fixed a bug with tree views (such as the one seen when adding a new favorites folder) were showing black-on-dark-grey icons in dark theme
  • The icon for the new tab page is no longer black on dark grey in dark mode

 

Thanks again to everyone for being an insider, and keep the great feedback and bug reports coming.

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How much longer until Dark Mode is added?  That's all I'm waiting for to make new Edge my default browser.  Thanks.

Everyone is doing great on this project. Keep up the great work! @Elliot Kirk 

@Elliot Kirk 

 

Hello, loving the new Edge.  Give us the Media Autoplay options like the old Edge and I'm full time with the new Edge.  

 

Regards,

Bob

@Dev Lunsford 

Hey, Dev, thanks for the morning smile :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Cheers,
Drew
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@SBorny 

"The new tab doesn't open the specified page."

This is a known issue which, has been reported some time ago.  The Team is working on rectifying it.  Right now, it will open the specified page, BUT, only the 1st time the browser is (initially) opened... subsequent openings (without closing 1st) will > New tab.

Please, continue to report it to :)

Cheers,
Drew
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@LRCROW 

Hi,

Dark can be had, now, already.  > edge://flags, type Dark in the Search box & Enable what it shows.

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Cheers,
Drew
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@cdouglas 

Yes, indeed and that approach MUST be preserved in Edge C!  Changing pages (leaving the one one is using, working in or looking at) is ridiculous!

Cheers,
Drew
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@Drew1903 

 

The first option only works if your OS theme is dark.  The second one doesn't affect the whole browser, just Dev Tools.  What I'm waiting for is the ability to set dark mode in Edge independent from OS theme, as the older Edge did.  When will that be added?

@Elliot Kirk 

 

Are there plans to add Edge Sync with o365 accounts? I can post to this thread using my o365 account, but I can't sync my Edge profile with it. This would be a really handy feature.

@LRCROW 

Ah ok understood.  I reckon I forget to think of that due to always running my whole OS & everything possible, Dark.  You may be excited to know that in 1903 you will have this...

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Cheers,
Drew
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Hadn't actually noticed that until now. And I use touch on my SB2 and SP6 a lot, must not have used it to open settings yet. Yah. You are not alone on this one. Touch is OK on my profile link and the send feedback link, but not the open settings icon.

I don,t know about that. It takes time and patience to get all the bugs out. Have you ever built a program like windows from start to finish. I don,t think so. Besides isn't that why they use us . Trial and error. I'm not great with designing, but on the other hand I'm 110% better than I was. Just watch, I personally am going to make Cortana the best friend you have ever seen or had before. And I do add that I am starting from the ground level. Besides with having cancer, it,s my only chance of getting some kind of bank account built up for my wife and kids. LOL on the bank account thing. Anyway all I am saying is Rome wasn't built in a day. Until next time from TattooJimmy.@Elliot Kirk 

Most of the things working fine, and those which aren't, have already been addressed in comments, I'm pointing out those which havn't been discusseed:
1. In Dark mode, Also turn all the 'websites' and 'edge://____' pages dark, including settings, extensions and flags page.
2. It would be better if 'Sort By Name' feature [which is already present on edge://favorites/] will be available in drop-down menu in favourite's line, on top of the browser, below the address bar.
3. Give some shadows to the icons of the extensionson the top right corner. They looks waste without shadows in Dark Mode.

@Drew1903 

 

I actually much prefer the full page for Edge settings. I never liked the small pane Edge used: on desktops & laptops, I prefer seeing it all in once place. And the search function works reasonably well.

 

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I'm also getting much higher CPU, RAM, and even GPU usage with 76.0.159.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit). I've reported it via the Smiley face. 


My CPU fan was at 80% with just a few tabs open, on an i5-8600K! I thought I'd mistakenly scheduled a render for the middle of the day.

 

Sometimes, both Edge & "Desktop Window Manager" have similar CPU usage, but perhaps a red herring.

 

More concretely, the RAM usage is quite high: Google News + this forum + Settings and I'm at 1.9GB!

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Can we be expecting a dark mode soon? We love a dark mode sis @Elliot Kirk 

It is already available. Go to edge://flags, type Dark in the Search box and Enable what appears.

Cheers,
Drew

Sent from my Windows Phone

@ikjadoon 

 

"The RAM usage is quite high"

 

In edge://flags, try enabling "Proactive Tab Freeze and Discard". It may not work though, as the devs suppressed "page-almost-idle" Chromium flag. In addition, install The Great Suspender extension from Chrome store.

 

However, without fixing the High CPU Load bug, its all meaningless.

 


@sambul95 wrote:

However, without fixing the High CPU Load bug, its all meaningless.


So you're also seeing high CPU? I guess it must be quite common. I just installed Canary on a more capable desktop PC in addition to a laptop I've been testing it on, with different CPU/GPU and OS version, and sure enough it's there too (although not as bad):

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This is from having a single tab with example.com in Edge Canary, compared to a few "real" sites in Edge Classic. The only way to get the CPU usage to a manageable level is to minimize the browser, but it never gets the Suspended (green leaf) indication.

 

@Elliot Kirk having the same issue as @dvdwnd the CPU and GPU are running at almost 100% all the time. Causing a battery drain. Please fix this. For now, going back to my old browser :( 

 

@dvdwnd 

 

High CPU and GPU is a known issue everyone is complaining about. See this thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Browser-and-GPU-process-are-much-higher-compared-...

 

But there is no indication Edge team is working to fix it. They never commented or give any ETA. I'm back to Chrome for now, my older laptop fan is winding up like turbine when Edge is idling. :)