Aug 29 2019 11:03 AM - edited Sep 22 2019 09:24 AM
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hello insiders, as we explained in our post last week, we’ll be providing regular updates that summarize the most significant feedback we’re hearing from you and offer the latest status on each item. We’ve intentionally kept our descriptions of each item as simple as possible so that the list is easy to read, but if you have questions about any item please feel free to raise them by commenting on this post.
We have received more than 140,000 individual pieces of feedback. This list represents the feedback we see most frequently. This list is not exhaustive, and we will be frequently addressing topics not on this list. We are always listening and so please keep sending us feedback using the Send feedback button in the toolbar.
First, I want to highlight what’s changed since our first feedback summary:
Here is the updated list of top feedback:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed |
Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites |
1 week |
Addressed |
Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps |
1 week |
Addressed |
Drop down menus in some web pages are not working |
1 week |
Planned for September |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
1 week |
Planned for September |
A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
1 week |
Planned for October |
Inking for PDF files |
1 week |
Planned for October |
Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date |
1 week |
Planned for October |
Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
1 week |
Planned for October |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
1 week |
Planned for October |
Enable search in the extensions store |
1 week |
Planned for October |
“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser |
1 week |
Planned for October |
ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages |
1 week |
Under Review |
Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the New Tab Page |
1 week |
Under Review |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new Tab Page |
1 week |
Under Review |
Allow the search bar in the New Tab Page to be configured with other search providers |
1 week |
Under Review |
Provide the ability to change the tile of tiles on the New Tab Page |
1 week |
Under Review |
Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is |
1 week |
Under Review |
Bring the tab set side feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
1 week |
Under Review |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
1 week |
Under Review |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
1 week |
Under Review |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
1 week |
Under Review |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the New Tab Page |
1 week |
Under Review |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System, including less rounded tabs |
1 week |
Under Review |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
1 week |
Under Review |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
1 week |
Under Review |
Provide different options for sorting favorites
|
1 week |
Under Review |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
1 week |
Quality Area |
Edge should use less memory and CPU than it does |
1 week |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
1 week |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
1 week |
Quality Area |
Update does not always work reliably |
1 week |
Definitions:
Addressed – Feedback is addressed in current Canary builds.
Planned for… – We’re working on this and currently plan for it to be addressed in the Canary channel before the end of the month indicated
Under Review – We are reviewing this feedback internally and do not have a plan to share at this time.
Quality Area – We will give extra weight to fixes and opportunities in this area. Please continue to report specific bugs and make specific asks.
Aug 29 2019 11:15 AM - edited Aug 29 2019 11:20 AM
They seem good but one of the most important one is missing:
Ability to attach custom screenshots when sending Feedback using smiley button.
there are lots of Feedbacks about UI and other bugs missing because the auto screen capture feature is not enough and won't work in many situations. because when we click on the smiley button, that situation and bug will be gone and we won't be able to capture it with the current tool. we have to use another tool such as Windows' snipping tool or Snip & Sketch.
These tools i mentioned have the ability to be launched using a keyboard button like PrintScrn.
so no mouse movement or mouse click will intervene.
Alternative is to Add a shortcut button to launch the "Send Feedback" inside Edge insider browser.
Aug 29 2019 11:21 AM
Aug 29 2019 11:49 AM - edited Aug 29 2019 11:55 AM
@David Rubino - thank you for the updates. A few notes from me:
- make the address bar smaller. A "normal" 9pt font is enough there
- cut a few pixels from the favorites bar
- enable a "compact" mode like in, for example, the Mail app, which would make all menu items have less padding, similar to how the default context menu looks like in Explorer
- dark mode improvements: the new tab page should, of course, become darker. Reduce all kinds of white flicker when opening a new tab
- dark mode: a dark scrollbar is a must
- we need Edge to be the best possible demonstration of Fluent. Add acrylic stuff, reveal stuff, everything ;) Rounded corners are fine
Minor stuff:
- add the ability to hide extension icons like in Vivaldi. Do not hide them in the [...] menu, just roll them into a single icon
- add the ability to disable all extensions for a particular website
- add separators to favorites, including the favorites bar
- don't just look at feedback sent by the feedback smiley icon, but also this forum ;)
- add "show image" to context menu, besides the "open image in new tab".
- add a context menu to all possible places in the UI. I see my profile icon and don't want to? Let me right click it and select "hide profile icon", etc.
- change DirectWrite contrast value for fonts to make them more like in original Edge and Firefox. The letters in Chromium based browsers are often too thin
- make pinned tabs impossible to close, for example, if the browser crashes for some reason and I don't click the 'restore tabs' option, the browser should start with a home tab *and* previously pinned tabs
edit to add:
- the favorites icon shows my favorites bar list, it should only show "other favorites"
- add the ability to move the toolbar buttons
- add "rewind" and "fast forward" buttons. Could be as an advanced appearance setting if considered confusing to some users
That's about it for now ;)
Aug 29 2019 12:09 PM
Sadly no mention of the one thing without which I cannot use Edge as my day to day browser - middle-button click (or something else easy to do single handed) on a favorite e.g in the favorite bar folder drop-down menus (but also on favorites in the --- menu) opening the favorite in a background tab but leaving the menu (and any submenus) open for opening further favorites without having to re-open and re-navigate to them.
The lack of this is why I have never used Google Chrome as my browser, and so long as Edge lacks it I won't do more than odd bits of testing on Edge either.
Aug 29 2019 12:23 PM - edited Aug 29 2019 12:29 PM
@David Rubino wrote:Hello insiders, as we explained in our post last week, we’ll be providing regular updates that summarize the most significant feedback we’re hearing from you and offer the latest status on each item. We’ve intentionally kept our descriptions of each item as simple as possible so that the list is easy to read, but if you have questions about any item please feel free to raise them by commenting on this post.
Here is the updated list of top feedback:
Status
Feedback
On this list for
Planned for October
“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser
1 week
Planned for October
ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages
1 week
These 2 can be fixed/turned on via Flags in the latest version of Canary
Also agree 100% with @HotCakeX suggestion about the ability to send more pictures. One is just not enough to show the real problem.
Dennis5mile
Aug 29 2019 12:51 PM - edited Aug 29 2019 12:51 PM
Also for the sake of all loyal Microsoft users, don't add the feature to login with Google account in Microsoft Edge browser. you've spent lots of times removing Google services from the engine, it doesn't make sense to add them again.
Only do it After Google adds login with Microsoft account to their Chrome browser first.
Aug 29 2019 01:40 PM
@David Rubino wrote:
Status
Feedback
On this list for
Under Review
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System, including less rounded tabs
1 week
So does this mean you will make it look like the old edge UI because that one was much better and gave edge its own distinctive feeling.
Aug 29 2019 01:43 PM
Aug 29 2019 03:59 PM
@HotCakeX If you double click on the Diagnostic Data, it'll let you attach a file from your computer. I do agree that's it's not super obvious though
Aug 29 2019 04:27 PM - edited Aug 29 2019 04:29 PM
@Deleted wrote:@HotCakeX If you double click on the Diagnostic Data, it'll let you attach a file from your computer. I do agree that's it's not super obvious though
@Deleted
Not only lets you attach a file, but has option to reproduce the problem, much like the feedback Hub for windows... Come on team people.....
Well, I'll be!! This is important info that should have been shared a long, LONG time ago....
Dennis5mile
Aug 30 2019 09:40 AM - edited Aug 30 2019 10:09 AM
Mea Culpa. @Dennis5mile, I will take responsibility for this one. I try to highlight the most impactful updates as they release, either in an article here or into a blog post. I missed this change entirely. I will work with the team to get a write up of the new options and how to find them as soon as I can. Thanks - Elliot
*Edit*
I also wanted to call out that we do have a keyboard shortcut for our Send Feedback control, it is Alt + Shift + I
Aug 30 2019 09:51 AM
Hi @Bdsrev, I recognize this question from our Reddit AMA. I wrote up an answer to this, but it got lost in the chaos and was never published. So without further ado, here is our response about the scrollbars in Microsoft Edge not being dark when the browser is in dark mode:
Aug 30 2019 10:01 AM
Hi @goodddayy99, we will never end up looking exactly like the current version of Microsoft Edge, but we will continue to add new visual treatments that differentiate our browser from others. The Fluent design guidelines are evolving constantly, and our designers work closely with that team to stay up to date with the guidelines. We have already made changes to many controls in our user interface and more are coming. Thanks - Elliot
Aug 30 2019 10:18 AM
@Elliot Kirk wrote:Mea Culpa. @Dennis5mile, I will take responsibility for this one. I try to highlight the most impactful updates as they release, either in an article here or into a blog post. I missed this change entirely. I will work with the team to get a write up of the new options and how to find them as soon as I can. Thanks - Elliot
*Edit*
I also wanted to call out that we do have a keyboard shortcut for our Send Feedback control, it is Alt + Shift + I
Cool Thanks Elliot,
Dennis5mile
Aug 30 2019 02:15 PM - edited Aug 30 2019 02:27 PM
Favorites button is about 75% done I'd say
It was 100% done until someone changed the icon from the correct one (classic edge has four bars) to this three bar one. Please revert this completely unneded change. It just breaks existing screenshots in instructions and so on without creating any new value
Besides from that the button is good. Now we want the submenu in favorites ;)
Aug 30 2019 02:17 PM
Please keep in mind that every change away from classic edge in the gui costs money for changing guides, instructions and so on. Not all users are computer pros
Aug 30 2019 03:51 PM
Please fix: Edge automatically signs me into accounts when the Settings>Profiles>Passwords>Sign in automatically = Off
Please add:
- More granular control of tracker exceptions directly from address bar fly-out.
- Add granular control on individual script exceptions directly from address bar fly-out. Brave Beta browser (= Edge Dev) has this feature and it's great.
Aug 30 2019 05:41 PM
@DavidGB I agree as I do the same all the time but for now it closes menu and I need reopen and scroll down to next fav.