Top Feedback Summary for January 19

Microsoft

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.

 

Hello there, Insiders! Welcome to this week’s summary of your top feedback. We have a couple of updates this week, including moving one item from Under Review. Let’s jump right in!

 

The item moving from Under Review to Planned this week is Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification. This is something we’ve seen requested across all the social platforms and feedback channels we keep an eye on and are excited to bring this option to users. Once we have more details around this, we will provide them here.

 

Additionally, we’re updating the expected month for Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page from December to Planned for February. This has been a frequent ask by users who enjoy the top sites feature on the new tab page, and we hope to have more details around it come next month.

 

That’s it for this week! We’ll chat at you all for next week’s update.

 

Here’s the updated list for this week:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for January

Enable vertical tabs feature

22 weeks

Planned for January

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

22 weeks

Planned for January

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

25 weeks

Planned for January

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

31 weeks

Planned for January

(Join the discussion)

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

74 weeks

Planned for February

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

46 weeks

Planned for February
(Join the discussion)

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

70 weeks

Planned for February

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

74 weeks

Planned

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

6 weeks

Planned

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

6 weeks

Planned

Enable kiosk mode

13 weeks

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

17 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

22 weeks

Planned

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

25 weeks

Planned

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

32 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

37 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

41 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

74 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

41 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

74 weeks

Under Review

Enable option to match Windows display language

12 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

 

 

 

36 Replies
When be will Inking added to the list, which is one feature highly requested among Microsoft Edge Legacy users?
Please fix verticle tabs on macOS as it is broken in Full-Screen Mode.
@ethanmenzel Just so you know, it is spelled vertical, not verticle.

***Off-Topic (a little)***

@MissyQ Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge is slated for this month but I don't see it in my canary build.

Oh sorry missed thay typo
Is the planned for ... month mean for stable users or just for instider?

Thank you,

Shawn

PS: Sorry for typso
A recent Dev channel update changed the behavior of pinned tabs when using the vertical sidebar. The pinned tabs now display the full title and take up just as much space as un-pinned tabs. Pinned tabs should not be displaying the titles.

@MissyQ YouTube is now unusable as ad blockers no longer work. I have reverted to the production build for music.

Is it a ad blocker issue or a edge issue?
It is specific to the Dev build 89.0.767.0.
The normal Edge still works, and the previous Dev build worked.

 


@amlamarra wrote:
A recent Dev channel update changed the behavior of pinned tabs when using the vertical sidebar. The pinned tabs now display the full title and take up just as much space as un-pinned tabs. Pinned tabs should not be displaying the titles.

I prefer the way it's working now. If you pin the vertical tab pane open, all tabs—including pinned tabs—should display their titles. I rarely pin the vertical tab bar though because it looks so clean in the minimized mode and instantly slides open when you actually need to see titles.

@MissyQ or anyone else, can you please tell me the status of Force Dark Mode for Web Contents. It's not on the top feedback list, so I guess not many care about it. But I use it all the time. Is there any hope for this feature to ever see the light of day? I've attended multiple AMA's on reddit and questions about this feature are ignored. Not a good sign, I know...

@ethanmenzel 

It's on the list, in the spoiler, because it's already been addressed.

@MissyQ , As always, thanks SO much for letting user's know in detail what's actually going on with this great browser. As it's gotten even better than the last time that I tried it, I've once again made it my 'default' browser. As I've always enjoyed trying out different types of software..etc., I have in fact been evaluating some different browser's. Mainly chromium based but one that isn't (firefox nightly), I'm really liking seemingly more & more what I'm seeing while using chromium edge canary, of course at least for me I'm REALLY looking forward to when I'll be able to add more of my desired site's to the new tab page. I realize there are new tab page alternatives that are in fact available, but at least so far I've resisted using any of those. Please Stay Safe !!

David :lol:

Hello @Deleted 

 

I believe it has to do with the recent changes in relation to the V3 manifest

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/10/14/extension-manifest-chromium-edge/

 
Oh I see, thanks. Are you able to assist with my cast issue though

Hello @ethanmenzel 

 

I don't know if there will be this feature on the new edge

But there is an alternative
Use the edge web capture and draw on the capture itself

draw in pages web edge.gif

 

 

@MissyQ For the vertical tabs feature - I think it will be better if in its compressed form there should be nothing visible as there is no screen gain vertically and so more of the screen is taken up through the vertical taskbar especially for smaller laptop screens. Hovering or clicking an icon should then bring up the taskbar in its current compressed form and then clicking an icon to enlarge the taskbar should be made.

The ability to move the taskbar to the right should also be added.

@MissyQ  Push notification still didn't work, I test it on this website

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it works, but all websites like YouTube, Facebook not working even I'm enabled the notification, I also enabled this but also didn't work

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