Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hello, Insiders! We’re back with the (back to) weekly Top Feedback Summary. We actually have a ton of updates this week thanks to Stable launch feedback and skipping last week’s post.
We want to thank you all, yet again, for all the great feedback you’ve provided over the past 9 months. Everything you’ve posted and submitted through the browser has led up to this, but we aren’t done! We want you to continue to provide your personal feedback, as well as share the browser with friends and family and encourage them to let us know what they want in a browser.
Up first are two items that we have addressed this month:
- Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page – There is now an ellipses icon when you hover over a tile on the new tab page. Clicking on that will give you the option to rename it.
- Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page (all channels) - You can change that setting on the new tab page by clicking the gear icon on the top right and changing the Language & content source.
We encourage you to submit feedback around these features if you have thoughts on how they could be improved. We are continuing to listen and adjust our features based on your feedback.
We are excited to announce that we have two new items to add to the list! Support read aloud of PDF files and Make Edge available on Linux are both already under Planned. Additionally, we have moved Add the ability to ink on webpages from In Discussion to Planned. To reiterate, a Planned status means we don’t have a time frame for when it will be implemented, but you will see any updates around those items here first!
We have a lot of items moving from Under Review to In Discussion. The following items are all in our Discussion – Updating our interface with Fluent touches post, as they are all related to Fluent Design implementation.
- Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame
- The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome
- Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System
- Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge
We also have a separate thread around some tab features you are looking for as well. These two items below are in our Discussion – Set Aside Tabs and Warn on Close post. We invite you to share your experience with these in that thread.
- Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window
- Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge
Lastly, there is one thing that we wanted to mention that is not a part of this top feedback. Casting has been temporarily disabled while we work to re-enable it. As a work around, you can navigate to edge://flags/#load-media-router-component-extension, swap to Enable, and restart the browser. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and we'll provide an update once this feature is enabled by default again.
Here’s the full updated list:
|
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Addressed |
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
|
Addressed |
Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
7 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
11 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
11 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
22 weeks |
|
Planned for January |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
22 weeks |
|
Planned |
Make Edge available on Linux |
NEW! |
|
Planned |
Support read aloud of PDF files |
NEW! |
|
Planned |
Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
10 weeks |
|
Planned |
Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
12 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web pages |
12 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
20 weeks |
|
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
22 weeks |
|
Planned |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
22 weeks |
|
Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
17 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
18 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
20 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
22 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
22 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Opening a new tab is too slow |
17 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers |
22 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
22 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page |
22 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
13 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
20 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Edge should use less memory than it does |
22 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Edge should use less CPU than it does |
22 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
22 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
22 weeks |
|
Quality Area |
Update does not always work reliably |
22 weeks |
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.
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 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 |
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