Top Feedback Summary for December 15

Microsoft

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!

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for December

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

41 weeks

Planned for December
(Join the discussion)

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

65 weeks

Planned for December

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

69 weeks

Planned for January

Enable vertical tabs feature

17 weeks

Planned for January

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

17 weeks

Planned for January

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

20 weeks

Planned for January

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

26 weeks

Planned for January

(Join the discussion)

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

69 weeks

Planned

Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents

1 week

Planned

Enable kiosk mode

8 weeks

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

12 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

17 weeks

Planned

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

20 weeks

Planned

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

27 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

32 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

36 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

69 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

36 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

69 weeks

Under Review

Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification

1 week

Under Review

Enable option to match Windows display language

7 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

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

25 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

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

31 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

57 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

Add the ability to ink on web page content

57 weeks

Dec 1, 2020

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

 

 

 

33 Replies
@MissyQ Do you have any update on when the "Ideas" section in this forum will be released?
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.

Hope you have great holidays

Hope everyone has a wonderful time during these holidays, and Happy New Year to everyone! :smile:

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?

*MAJOR UPDATE*

@MissyQ

Hi!

 

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!

 

Thanks very much!

 

@MissyQ 

If history sync comes into play, will that history data be associated with our Microsoft account even if we turn off sync?

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?

Thank you @MissyQ for sharing and it was a great year with Microsoft Edge.

Your team did a great job with Microsoft Edge and hope for better in 2021.

@rjtiwari10 


@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

You mean the 8 quicklinks and those planned aren't coming????

@Deleted 


@Deleted wrote:
You mean the 8 quicklinks and those planned aren't coming????

I said "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"

ok, I wish they would say when for sable
if it really comes to Edge 89 then it will probably come to stable 89 somewhere around March next year, that's when Edge 89 will be on stable channel.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-release-schedule

@MissyQ 


@MissyQ wrote:

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.

 


 

That's an awesome news! thank you.

time for me to switch to a UK VPN :smile:

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.

@RobWuijster 

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@RobWuijster wrote:

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. :smile:

@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.