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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for February 9
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Greetings, Insiders! This week is pretty quiet, but we are closing out two items! Let’s check out what those are.
First up, last week we posted on the MSEdgeDev blog about how to enable kiosk mode when Microsoft Edge Legacy support ends next month. With that, we are going to close out Enable kiosk mode as Addressed. Note that we are still working on a couple more pieces to this, and you will see changes made on our release notes as they come.
Next, we are excited to share that Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list is Addressed in all channels, including our Stable channel! This was work done in partnership with our friends at Bing, and there are a few nuances to this feature we wanted to make sure you are aware of.
- On the new tab page’s search box when you are not signed in, you will see a “remove” button in the suggestion list.
- If you are signed into a personal Microsoft account, you will see a link to the Bing History page to manage your search history; since you are signed in, deletions from this search history page will reflect across everywhere you are signed into the same account.
- If you are signed into a work or school Active Azure Directory (AAD) account, history is not stored for you and there’s nothing you need to delete!
- The address bar itself works slightly differently in that data from this bar is not synced with your search history on your account and is browser-specific data. You will see an “x” to the right of the suggestion in the list that is considered a history item that you can remove.
As always, if you spot something you think the team should be aware of, or have suggestions on how to improve current or experimental features, let us know! Head to the ... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback to give the team your detailed description of your thoughts.
And that’s it! We will chat at you all for next week’s update.
Here’s the updated list for this week:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
|
Addressed |
Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
|
Addressed |
Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
25 weeks |
|
Planned for February |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
49 weeks |
|
Planned for February |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
73 weeks |
|
Planned for February |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
77 weeks |
|
Planned for February (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
77 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users would like more theme and customization options |
1 week |
|
Planned |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
9 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
9 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some passwords are not saved |
20 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add dictionary in PDF |
25 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
28 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
40 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
44 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
77 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
44 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
77 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
1 week |
|
Under Review |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
15 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 |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
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:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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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:
|
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
|
Enable vertical tabs feature |
23 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
|
Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows |
26 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
|
Support two-page layout in PDF reader |
32 weeks |
Jan 27, 2021 |
|
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 |
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Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
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 |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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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 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
|
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
|
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
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 |
|
moghaazi Microsoft has said that it plans to bring sync to Edge-Linux, but has not provided a timetable for that essential feature. Without MSA sign-in and sync, Edge-Linux is not useful for end users. Edge-Linux at this point is intended for testing and use by developers, not end users. MSA sign-in and Sync will probably be in place before a Stable version is released. No one outside Microsoft has any idea when Stable will be released. We will just have to be patient.
- I agree, I uninstall MS Edge from my Ubuntu, and installed Yandex browser instead, it's super fast, it's also in beta, but you can use syncing with your Yandex account, I might come back to Edge in stable version when they fix all their problems.
Microsoft, can you please add the ability to switch between personal, work, and school Microsoft profiles without manually importing favorites and syncing them across profiles. I would like to have an option to turn on or off syncing favorites and other features between my person, school, and work profiles.
Hello MissyQ
I want ask something.
When Microsoft want fix the installation path on Windows?
Because, you know when install Edge whatever Dev, Beta, or Stable, the program file location still on "Program Files (x86)," not on "Program Files."
I hope you're hear my feedback.
Thank you.
- The 64-bit Edge going into the 32-bit "Program Files (x86)" is a long-standing issue Microsoft inherited from the Chromium project.
Though it has recently been addressed, and if you do a fresh install of 64-bit Google Chrome now it does indeed go into the correct-folder. I think either Brave or Vivaldi have also recently fixed it.
For Edge, I see no-reason why Microsoft cannot also update the full .MSI installer for the 64-bit to now go to the correct path, though for the 20H2 preinstalled Edge they will have to ask the Windows team to address this, which will likely have to wait until at-least 21H2, as 21H1 is planned at being only a minor update.
- Thanks for the KIOSK mode, was waiting for it eagerly.
Are they ever going to every fix Vertical tabs so that they do not automatically expand unless they are pinned? I like how the office works with the vertical tabs for the icons. That is how the edge should be with vertical tabs and when pinned they should be expanded.
- Witam
Po odinstalowaniu starszej wersji Edge zawiesza się i strony typowo desktopowe nieprawidłowo reagują na komendy dawno nie było takich
problemów.
Natomiast witryny przystosowane do mobilnej obsługi działają prawidłowo.
Witryna internetowa jednego z banków kompletnie nie reagowała
gdyby był to problem powszechny to wersja wymaga wycofania.
Poprawki które zainstalowałem nie poprawiły nic .
To się wiąże z zmianą przeglądarki bo nikt nie będzie się zastanawiał - ja skorzystałem z dostępnej wersji mobilnej ale nie wiele osób będzie tak się angażować !
Uważam że Edge jest kluczowym programem dla Windows 10 i jego działanie jest oceniane łącznie z systemem i jego integracją.
Pozdrawiam - Ja mam ciekawy pomysł sugeruję przeprowadzenie ankiety !
Ponieważ uważam że należy podzielić użytkowników i ich potrzeby dotyczące funkcji z których korzystają , lub są im nie potrzebne .
i tak samo można segmentować rozszerzenia nawet ta witryna
postępuję podobnie ograniczając dostępy i jest to dobre dla wszystkich
Może warto zapytać użytkowników tworząc ogólnie dostępną ankietę co tak naprawdę jest im potrzebne i jak duża jest to grupa docelowa !
Tworzenie rozwiązań dla wąskiej grupy docelowej może jest nie uzasadnione !
Ja jestem za przeprowadzenie takiej analizy , aby dać kierunek do rozwoju dla określonych odbiorców docelowych !
Bardzo dziękuję za zaufanie
