Top Feedback Summary for December 1

[MissyQ]

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

[#2]

Just want to quickly pop in, and say a warm 'Thank you!!' for the double paged PDF view in Edge. :)
And all the other stuff is really great too! ;)

Thanks for all the goodies, and stay safe out there!

[#3]

@HotCakeX @MikeDNZ 

I wouldn't be surprised if Google was tinkering with the page to make other browsers look bad, but in this case I really think its the Web Speech API implementation in Edge. I've been experimenting with it the last days and can confirm that it will occasionally drop the "onend" event and it will throw "network" error (critical) where it should throw "no-speech" (non-critical, can be ignored). Also the 'continuous' mode will constantly throw "network" errors as well.

I've reported all these bugs via the official channel and hope they will fix it before it arrives in the release ^^.

[#4]

@MissyQAny possibility for all browser sync to be e2e? I don't need the browser history in eg. MS user profile page, encryption would be much preferable.

The other big blockers are still Android being ancient and lacking profile support on Android.

[#5]

@MissyQ I'm very excited for Edge 89!