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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...

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

MissyQ

Microsoft

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

hussain5416
Steel Contributor
Apr 22, 2020
I like the decision, just add collection support on adroid
matt_bits
Iron Contributor
May 13, 2020
MissyQ
I do not like this decision. I will miss location that stores your pages offline.
I would like to point three issues with this decision.
1. No way to store page offline, the one file format is still not supported - mhtml.
2. The reading list on the mobile device will be not synced anymore.
3. Collections are much slower in performance than reading list. (opening reading list less than 1 sek, opening collections more than 3 sek).
- cjc2112
  Bronze Contributor
  Jun 01, 2020
  matt_bits Collections opens much more slowly than any of the things from legacy edge because legacy edge utilized windows 10 for all those things because it was so deeply embedded with the code while new edge uses itself since it has to run on other platforms.
  I also would love to store pages offline, (although reading list was blocked on school computers, so I never was able to use it), but unless it used a folder separate from the browser, it would take up huge amounts of space and lag down the browser.
- hussain5416
  Steel Contributor
  Jun 02, 2020
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  1.) Yeah, collections are much much slower (I really hate to use it performance wise, but I like them because of their features and future potential for them)
  2.) I'm using beta edge on android. Collection sync works fine from android to desktop, but it's not working from desktop to android.
  3.) since collections are there on android now, Reading lists should be removed from android (coz they aren't necessary anymore and are discontinued from edge desktop.)
  
  Note: The most important thing I can think of for collections right now, is IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE. THEY FEEL SLOW AS HELL .
Rohit Yadav
Bronze Contributor
Apr 15, 2020
MissyQ I would like to appreciate the decision. While I used Reading List a lot, I will also acknowledge that Collections are way better than the Reading List, and bringing Reading List again to browser means duplication of features. Just want Collections to be available on mobile super soon!