Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
UPDATE DEC 16TH: We wanted to share a brief update on history sync before we head off for the holiday break. While we are continuing to slowly roll this feature out to all users, it should be available for some of our Beta app users on mobile devices, and in our Canary, Dev, and Beta channels on Windows/Mac devices. This month, we are starting to roll this out to Stable users in certain regions, beginning with the UK. We expect to include additional regions throughout January, and will work to provide updates in these summaries as we get them.
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Greetings, Insiders! This is the last major update we’re doing for the year of 2020! We will be back with your top feedback updates the first week of January 2021. Let’s jump in to the details for this week’s update.
First up, we have two items moving to Planned for January. Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows we expect to be rolled out to everyone in all channels in January, however some users in our Dev and Canary channels should be able to use this functionality now. Users can also expect to see Edge should respect the default PDF viewer addressed in January.
As we continuously review the items that are on this list, we sometimes need to make adjustments. This is the case with Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab”; after a careful evaluation, the team has decided to mark this item as Not Planned. This experience is a bug we are working with partners to resolve, however because incoming feedback we’ve received has significantly dropped and priorities have been adjusted, we wanted to be transparent with our status on this. If anything changes again as we evaluate the feedback you all are sending in, we will provide another status update.
That’s all for this week and the year of 2020! We will see you all in 2021. From the Microsoft Edge team, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season, and a happy new year!
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.
Thanks for the update, about "Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab” I sometimes see this behavior and it happens when Edge crashes or I turn off computer/restart when Edge is still open with tabs. that's an expected behavior.
When I copy a GIF from Edge mobile and into Messages on iPhone and send, they don't play. Currently I am using Safari to send GIFs in Messages. When I used to do this from Google Chrome to Messages they played. Will this be addressed? When?
So that I'm clear with this Not Planned item, Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab”, this requested behavior was so that the Edge would open with a new tab along with all the previously open tabs? As it is now, it's crucial for me that when Edge restarts, all my previously open tabs return, but I don't also need a new tab to open (I can do that myself!). We had that issue/bug a while back where closed sessions of the browser would clear all previously opened tabs and that was a disaster for me. I've since tried to make sure important sessions were saved as collections, but I sometimes forget.... As it stands now, if I accidentally close Edge (it happens more often than I'd like, lol), if I restart my laptop, or if it crashes, Edge has been restarting with all my previously opened tabs. It's been GREAT and I just want to make sure that this 'Not Planned' item doesn't change that!
Wait a minute! What about top 3 items that are still marked as "Planned for December"? Many of us are awaiting them before holiday season. Sad to see no updates about them?
@rjtiwari10 wrote: Wait a minute! What about top 3 items that are still marked as "Planned for December"? Many of us are awaiting them before holiday season. Sad to see no updates about them?
Very good point.
"warn before closing multiple tabs" is very useful, maybe it will still come to Canary in December since it's the only channel that will receive updates (not just small ones) during holiday
UPDATE DEC 16TH: We wanted to share a brief update on history sync before we head off for the holiday break. While we are continuing to slowly roll this feature out to all users, it should be available for some of our Beta app users on mobile devices, and in our Canary, Dev, and Beta channels on Windows/Mac devices. This month, we are starting to roll this out to Stable users in certain regions, beginning with the UK. We expect to include additional regions throughout January, and will work to provide updates in these summaries as we get them.
Anyone seeing extremely high CPU usage with this build? Hovers around 25%, and with video it shoots up to 80-100%. Same with startup of Edge, it runs on 100% for a while until it drops back to 20-25%.
Also, and this might not be related, but my PC locked up twice within two days after this update. Only working in Edge at that time...
edit: After some digging in the Event Viewer, it seems that msedge.exe has some odd crashing behavior, and apparently is the cause for the lockup of the PC. Send some feedback data.
Anyone seeing extremely high CPU usage with this build? Hovers around 25%, and with video it shoots up to 80-100%. Same with startup of Edge, it runs on 100% for a while until it drops back to 20-25%.
Also, and this might not be related, but my PC locked up twice within two days after this update. Only working in Edge at that time...
edit: After some digging in the Event Viewer, it seems that msedge.exe has some odd crashing behavior, and apparently is the cause for the lockup of the PC. Send some feedback data.
Which build? Dev channel? because Canary received a new build yesterday too.
for me on Canary the browser hangs when using full screen video, whether it's on YouTube or other websites, it's been like that for about 2 weeks. it's possible the problem is now present in Dev.
yes for these types of problems sending feedback through browser is the most helpful way since it sends additional data.
I presume "Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page" did not make it for December or are there still plans to show off this feature before the end of the month? Not a big deal if it isn't coming out until 2021. I am looking forward to playing with it though.
@MissyQ -- would just be nice to have sync fixed permanently as it buggars up every update for me.
I tested creating a new Outlook.com account and that one works. Is there a way to remove all sync data from an existing account then start from scratch? Maybe killing all data will fix my sync issue. I know you cannot merge Outlook.com accounts so that does not help me either.
