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Elliot Kirk
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Dec 17, 2019

Reading List - Discussion

Hello everyone and thanks for your feedback around reading lists in Microsoft Edge. Based on user feedback from legacy Microsoft Edge, there was more work to do with the previous Reading list experie...
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    MissyQ
    Apr 15, 2020

    We wanted to thank everyone again for their feedback around Reading Lists. We have internally acknowledged that Reading List as a feature was not able to meet the needs of our users. While we do have some very passionate users of this feature, the truth is that it wasn’t used much in Legacy Edge. With these things in mind, we have decided to not implement this feature into chromium-based Edge.

     

    For alternatives, we still believe that the ones mentioned in the original post are what will work best for users. Collections have had several new features implemented recently, and we encourage you to give them a try. If you’re curious as to where your Reading Lists went when you updated to new Edge, they should be located in your Favorites under the Other favorites folder listed as Reading List.

     

    While we are not going to bring this feature to new Edge, we are always listening and making choices based on all your feedback. Please continue to send in the feedback about what you would love to see or what you think is missing!

     

    Thanks,

    The Microsoft Edge Team

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matsmcp
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HotCakeX 

I would say it had more features than most other browsers. Inking, reading list, set aside and so on

It didn't have good plugins or a good  plugin interface - both solved and this was the true killer. No adblocker for many years as one example.

it didn't render all pages in the same way as chrome - solved

 

The problem now is as long as it has the same name as the old Edge - users expects it to work the same way and it doesn't due to missing features. It's like upgrading outlook and finding out t hat you cant attach files or replying to all anymore. I strongly believe that if released in this state it most certainly will get a rumor of not working and a lower userbase due to that

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HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 18, 2019
You're right too you know..
I mean if developers had the resource and time, they should port the same features from old to new Edge, at least temporarily, and then reevaluate them, deciding which ones to delete, which ones to upgrade and which ones to change.