Top Feedback Summary for December 1

Microsoft

Welcome back to the Top Feedback Summary, Insiders! We have a lot of quick updates coming at you this week after our small break, so let’s hop into it.

 

We’re marking several items as Addressed. The ability to ink on web pages has been around for a little bit, and we are now closing that item out this week. History sync has been available in our Canary and Dev channels for a bit, and we’re now comfortable marking this as addressed. Lastly, users can now use voice search on google.com in our Canary and Dev channels! If you aren’t seeing this option when you head to a site that has voice options, head to edge://flags to turn on the msSpeechRecognition flag. This should also fix issues with websites like Duolingo, which use the same feature. Please let us know if you spot any issues with this!

 

Today we are updating both Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge and Support two-page layout in PDF reader to Planned for January. The tab preview feature is something some Insiders have spotted, and we continue to work on it based on feedback we receive. We also announced that two-page support is now available in our Dev channel, however we are holding on closing it out for a bit as we continue to gather more feedback from users like yourselves. If you would like to give this feature a shot, we encourage you to open a multiple page PDF document and click the Page View button for those layout options.

That’s it for this week’s update. Have you checked out Josh’s change summary post recently? Every week when we update this feedback list, Josh also posts up every change that was made in the build, along with known issues. Head over to his post to get a glimpse of the updates and improvements we’ve made!

Here’s the updated list for this week:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

31 weeks

Addressed

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

57 weeks

Addressed

Add the ability to ink on web page content

57 weeks

Planned for December

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

39 weeks

Planned for December
(Join the discussion)

Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window

62 weeks

Planned for December

Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website

67 weeks

Planned for January

Enable vertical tabs feature

15 weeks

Planned for January

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

24 weeks

Planned for January

(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

67 weeks

Planned

Enable kiosk mode

6 weeks

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

10 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

15 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

15 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

18 weeks

Planned

Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason

18 weeks

 

 

 

Planned

Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab”

24 weeks

Planned

Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list 

25 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

30 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

34 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

67 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

34 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome

67 weeks

Under Review

Enable option to match Windows display language

5 weeks

Not Planned

Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close

13 weeks

Not Planned

(View the discussion)

Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account

23 weeks

Not planned

(See the discussion)

Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

35 weeks

Not Planned
(Read the discussion
)

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

43 weeks

Not Planned
(Read the discussion
)

Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge

47 weeks

 

And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback:

 

Bring more extensions to the extensions store

Edge should use less memory than it does

Edge should use less CPU than it does

Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages

Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files

Opening a new tab is too slow

Update does not always work reliably

 

Definitions:

 

Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels

Not Planned – We don’t currently plan to address this feedback, though we will continue to track it and reconsider our approach if needed.

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.

Planned - We have reviewed this feedback and have a plan to address it. However, we aren't ready to share a target time frame just yet. 

Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.

In Discussion – We’ve reviewed this feedback and to learn more we have started a discussion about it here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum.

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. 

 

Archive of previously addressed topics:

 

Spoiler

 

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed on

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

27 weeks

Nov 17, 2020

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System
(See the discussion)

65 weeks

Nov 17, 2020

Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen

6 weeks

Nov 3, 2020

Make Edge available on Linux

(Download here)

39 weeks

Oct 20, 2020

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store
(Learn more)

60 weeks

Oct 15, 2020

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

13 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

31 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files

55 weeks

Sept 9, 2020

Provide different options for sorting favorites
(See the discussion)

51 weeks

Aug 11, 2020

Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge
(See the alternative)

50 weeks

Aug 5, 2020

Highlighter tool for PDF files

21 weeks

July 15, 2020

Mouse cursor sometimes disappears

(Read the discussion)

11 weeks

June 24, 2020

Support read aloud of PDF files

20 weeks

June 9, 2020

Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more)

16 weeks

May 19, 2020

Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close

21 weeks

Apr 7, 2020

Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo

33 weeks

Apr 7, 2020

Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Learn more)

32 weeks

Mar 31, 2020

Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices

19 weeks

Mar 19. 2020

Some users are unable to access any web page

3 weeks

Mar 11, 2020

Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated

13 weeks

Mar 4, 2020

Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar

17 weeks

Feb 26, 2020

Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile

26 weeks

Feb 21, 2020

Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead

24 weeks

Feb 21, 2020

Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page

20 weeks

Jan 22, 2020

Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page

22 weeks

Jan 22, 2020

Enable search in the extensions store

17 weeks

Dec 19, 2019

The taskbar icon is not updating to the new Microsoft Edge logo

1 week

Nov 14, 2019

A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line

12 weeks

Nov 14, 2019

YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified

1 week

Nov 4, 2019

Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store

4 weeks

Nov 4, 2019

Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. (Join the discussion)

8 weeks

October 29, 2019

Microsoft Edge is crashing whenever a new tab is opened from a link

1 week

October 22, 2019

Inking for PDF files

9 weeks

October 22, 2019

Provide an option to remove the send feedback “smiley” button from the toolbar

1 week

October 15, 2019

Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages

6 weeks

October 1, 2019

Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs

1 week

September 17, 2019

Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date

4 weeks

September 17, 2019

“Administrator Mode Detected” error message when opening the browser

2 weeks

September 4, 2019

Add a favorites button to the toolbar, for quicker access to favorites

1 week

August 29, 2019

Make it easier to share web content with other users and apps

1 week

August 29, 2019

Drop down menus in some web pages are not working

1 week

August 29, 2019

Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge

Addressed before these posts started

 

Build translation capabilities into the browser

Addressed before these posts started

 

Delete browsing history on exit

Addressed before these posts started

 

Show favorites bar only on the new tab page

Addressed before these posts started

 

Bring back reading view

Addressed before these posts started

 

Sync data with my work or school account

Addressed before these posts started

 

 

 

43 Replies
@MissyQ I noticed that today, your "Not planned" items have been outlined in italic! And, one more thing, why haven't you released Edge 89 yet? I noticed Smart Copy and was waiting for it for months!

@MissyQ Bug:

 

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December 1 missing...

@Kam 

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@Kam wrote:

@MissyQ Bug:

 

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December 1 missing...


Not everything is a bug.

it was simply delayed

look again

 

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https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/whats-new

 

 

@HotCakeXTemporary bug...

@Kam 

Spoiler

@Kam wrote:
@MissyQI noticed that today, your "Not planned" items have been outlined in italic! And, one more thing, why haven't you released Edge 89 yet? I noticed Smart Copy and was waiting for it for months!

it's because of holiday, next week Edge will go to 89.

as mentioned here, it's the final version 88 build.

@Kam 


@Kam wrote:
@HotCakeXTemporary bug...

Nope. they just decided to post the topic on the forum first and then update that page. nothing wrong with that.

Hi @MissyQ 

 

I can't find the flag you mentioned "msSpeechRecognition"

 

latest version of Edge canary 89.0.720.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)

 

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@MissyQ 

 

Can we have a 'needs to be re-addressed' category?

 

The way 'Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files' has been addressed has broken every single download extension I've tried in both the Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome extension stores.

 

Why do I need a download extension? Because I have very frequently needed to be able to keep an eye on the download speed and predicted remaining time when downloading large files (to e.g. restart a stalled/slowed download rather than only find out there was a problem up to hours later and have to start again). And I ALWAYS need to have downloads download to different locations depending on what they are. ALL of the extensions that provide alternative download bars at the bottom or on mouseover of a toolbar button presume that the download location has been set before the download starts and they kick in. Which is how things work in Firefox and Google Chrome, adn how they USED to work in this Edge. But now it isn't. NOW the extension kicks in on clicking the download target WITHOUT presenting the dialogue to set the target location, the download is made to the Downloads folder with an 'Unconfirmed-' prefix on the download file name, and the download proceeds until it reaches 99% and stalls. One THEN has to open the Edge download page, and THERE, AFTER the download, there is the new 'open. save, save as' option, where using the 'save as' finally opens the save dialogue, and only then is the downloaded file completed, has the unconfirmed- removed from the file name, and the file moved to the wanted location.

 

This is dreadful, and is sufficient on its own for me not to use Edge as my main, or even my backup browser.

 

You need to re-address this so that Edge works with all the Edge and Chrome download helper extensions it DID work with before you made this change. The choice and location setting need to be finalized BEFORE the download actually starts, and the download should be to the newly set location or a temp folder, not the Downloads folder, when the location is set elsewhere.

 

As Edge is unusable to me like this as I make at least a few, often many, downloads every day, I will now restrict my use of Canary and Edge to one test run and check to see if this has been fixed per release.

I'm glad to see the progress being done on Edge! I could easily see it being on par with Firefox within a year, so long as the iOS app is fixed or at least the ability to send pages to it is added. Unfortunately that isn't on the list though...

@MissyQ 

 

I very much heart vertical tabs. I've been using them for a while and vertical now feels so backwards.

 

I'm not sure if it's you, but I regularly use the "Continue on PC" option from the phone and share to Your Phone. Awesome-Awesome-Awesome. A custom one-click share button(s) would be nice. For example: I like the ability to "share" to my phone, but it requires too many clicks. 

 

I'm finally feeling some love for Collections. I would like an easier way to add a page to a collection without having to go into that collection. Currently I drag the URL into the collection, but that requires dragging across the entire screen.

 

Password management is too far from LastPass's offering, so I'll continue to hold off on that for a while.

 

Your team has really been cranking out solid, useful, and significant changes. Thanks!!!

 

@rjpaulsen 

Hi,

you can also right-click anywhere on the page (or hold finger on touch screen) and add page to collection

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or highlight a piece of text, picture etc, then right-click to add it to collection.

@DavidGB 

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@DavidGB wrote:

@MissyQ 

 

Can we have a 'needs to be re-addressed' category?

 

The way 'Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files' has been addressed has broken every single download extension I've tried in both the Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome extension stores.

 

Why do I need a download extension? Because I have very frequently needed to be able to keep an eye on the download speed and predicted remaining time when downloading large files (to e.g. restart a stalled/slowed download rather than only find out there was a problem up to hours later and have to start again). And I ALWAYS need to have downloads download to different locations depending on what they are. ALL of the extensions that provide alternative download bars at the bottom or on mouseover of a toolbar button presume that the download location has been set before the download starts and they kick in. Which is how things work in Firefox and Google Chrome, adn how they USED to work in this Edge. But now it isn't. NOW the extension kicks in on clicking the download target WITHOUT presenting the dialogue to set the target location, the download is made to the Downloads folder with an 'Unconfirmed-' prefix on the download file name, and the download proceeds until it reaches 99% and stalls. One THEN has to open the Edge download page, and THERE, AFTER the download, there is the new 'open. save, save as' option, where using the 'save as' finally opens the save dialogue, and only then is the downloaded file completed, has the unconfirmed- removed from the file name, and the file moved to the wanted location.

 

This is dreadful, and is sufficient on its own for me not to use Edge as my main, or even my backup browser.

 

You need to re-address this so that Edge works with all the Edge and Chrome download helper extensions it DID work with before you made this change. The choice and location setting need to be finalized BEFORE the download actually starts, and the download should be to the newly set location or a temp folder, not the Downloads folder, when the location is set elsewhere.

 

As Edge is unusable to me like this as I make at least a few, often many, downloads every day, I will now restrict my use of Canary and Edge to one test run and check to see if this has been fixed per release.


It was expected and normal that extensions made for Chrome don't work in Edge, because they are 2 different browsers, only sharing the same engine.
more radical changes might come to Edge in the future, and it's not Edge developers' fault, they simply brought the same feature from Edge legacy back to the new Edge, because it was what people asked for.

so there are 2 things here:
1. you can't expect extensions made for Chrome to work on other browsers, such as Edge.
2. extension developers didn't do their job correctly and shipped the same version of their extension made for Chrome, to Edge webstore. this change isn't new, they had enough time to evaluate insider channels of Edge but they didn't. so it's better to ask extension developers to make their tools compatible.

 

" I have very frequently needed to be able to keep an eye on the download speed and predicted remaining time when downloading large files "

 

when you download a file, you see at the bottom how much data is remaining to finish the download and also you see the time remaining. it's the same for small/big files.

 

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so that's 2 variables.

the 3rd variable you're asking for, the speed, is shown in edge://downloads/all

 

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as you see it's a long array of texts to cram into that small rectangle at the bottom of Edge for each download, but if you want to see the speed in there, (all 3 variables), you can request it as feedback from Edge browser, they might have to expand the download thingy at the bottom.

I can't find 'msSpeechRecognition' flag either and the old method via 'msedge.exe --enable-features=msSpeechRecognition' is giving me the same network error as ever (since introduction few weeks ago).

on Edge canary?
Yes, Edge Canary 89.0.720.0
You also need to turn off Starup boost edge://settings/system
it prevents Edge to take the newly added command lines into effect immediately as some parts of the Edge is still in the memory and not fully closed.
only after doing that did I see the "msSpeechRecognition" in "command-lines" in edge://version/
showing that it is indeed enabled

@HotCakeX Oh, yeah -- the context menu is another way of adding to a collection, but context menus make me sad. With Collections pinned, it would be nice to home something like this:

 
 
 

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