Top Feedback summary for January 8

Microsoft

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

 

Happy new year, Insiders! We’re back again after a few weeks’ break with the latest top feedback summary for the new Microsoft Edge.  

 

First and foremost, we wanted to call out that favorites sync continues to be our top priority. We’ve enabled sync again in both Canary and Dev channels.  We have fixed several issues and are aware of some users not seeing all issues resolved. In some cases, as the devices or channels start to sync again, there might be instances of unexpected behavior (for instance deleted favorites reappear). You may have to clean up those reappearing items, however any further updates should successfully spread to other clients; in other words, if you delete a favorite after all your clients are recovered, that delete should stick after the full syncIf you run into an issue with favorites synchronization, please file a feedback with diagnostics. We absolutely appreciate your patience while we work diligently to re-enable this feature. 

 

You may have noticed that some of our planned changes for December have moved to January. This includes the need to better handle links with multiple profiles, which was originally planned for November. While we were able to address search in the extensions store, we’ve had to move out other items due to the holiday interruption. 

 

Lastly, we hope you’ve noticed that the status for the option to set a custom photo for the new tab page has changed from Planned to Planned for January. Keep an eye out for updates around this feature. 

 

Here’s the full updated list: 

 

Status 

Feedback 

On this list for 

Not Planned 

Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close 

13 weeks 

Planned for January 

Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated 

weeks 

Planned for January 

Enable sync of browsing history between devices 

9 weeks 

Planned for January 

Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices 

weeks 

Planned for January 

Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page 

18 weeks 

Planned for January 

Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile 

20 weeks 

Planned for January 

Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page 

20 weeks 

Planned for January 

Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo 

20 weeks 

Planned 

Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close 

weeks 

Planned 

Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar 

10 weeks 

Planned 

(Join the discussion) 

Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead 

15 weeks 

Planned 

(Join the discussion) 

Provide different options for sorting favorites 

20 weeks 

Planned 

(Learn more) 

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store 

20 weeks 

Planned 

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

20 weeks 

In Discussion 

(Join the discussion) 

Add the ability to ink on web pages 

10 weeks 

In Discussion 

(Join the discussion) 

Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files 

20 weeks 

In Discussion 

(Join the discussion) 

Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account 

20 weeks 

In Discussion 

(Join the discussion) 

Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 

20 weeks 

In Discussion 

(Join the discussion) 

Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge 

20 weeks 

Under Review 

Opening a new tab is too slow 

15 weeks 

Under Review 

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

15 weeks 

Under Review 

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame 

16 weeks 

Under Review 

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

18 weeks 

Under Review 

Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page 

20 weeks 

Under Review 

Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers 

20 weeks 

Under Review 

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

20 weeks 

Under Review 

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

20 weeks 

Under Review 

Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page 

20 weeks 

Under Review 

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System 

20 weeks 

Under Review 

Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge 

20 weeks 

Quality Area 

Bring more extensions to the extensions store 

18 weeks 

Quality Area 

Edge should use less memory than it does 

20 weeks 

Quality Area 

Edge should use less CPU than it does 

20 weeks 

Quality Area 

Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages 

20 weeks 

Quality Area 

Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files 

20 weeks 

Quality Area 

Update does not always work reliably 

20 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 

 

16 Replies

@MissyQ Please consider adding to the top feedback list other very requested features like this one, which is now over 55 likes https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/add-the-epub-reader-from-edgeuwp-to-edge-chromium...

I would also suggest a better touch experience on devices like the surface.

Thank you for giving more priority to the Sync issues and fixing them first, eagerly looking for the rest of the sync options to be enabled too in the future :)
Release is getting too close! Please allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers ASAP. All this has to be is a drop down menu where the Bing logo is currently placed on the NTP search bar and an option to set a default in the NTP settings along with 'page content' etc. Give your users the choices they deserve! I know the inclusion of this simple feature will determine for me and many other people whether we use the new Edge.

I really don't understand why "Set aside" feature is still under review... Really?

Seems like this issue (Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead) has been fixed in this version.
Version 81.0.381.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)

@MissyQ When will there be an update (more questions; decisions) about those in list with "In discussion" label? For example, in this thread we are waiting for any response from stuff. For me it's the one of three most important things in current Edge.

Thank you @MissyQ 

 

"Planned for January
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page "

 

Now added in Version 81.0.387.0

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/new-feature-change-language-and-locale-of-the-ntp...

Why you guys are not bringing acrylic blur effect and reveal effect to this browser? What's the meaning of having a design system which you're not gonna use? And please think of making the scrollbar collapsible just as in start menu app list.@MissyQ 

@MissyQ 

When is this bug involving the InPrivate button going to be fixed? You can see square edges despite the rounded button. And can you please change the color to dark blue?

InPrivate-bug.png

@viewdeal2019 

At least, they aren't trying to put a square peg in a round hole.

Cheers,
Drew

@MissyQ please solve the google doc sync issue (it doesn't work).

@MissyQ Please add the same capability as the Google Chrome extension for dictionary lookup. In Google Chrome(with that extension enabled), double-click on a word will pop-up a definition.

 

I.e.,

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I installed the Google extension inside Edge Dev but it doesn't support this double-click popup.

@MissyQ Will Microsoft Edge Team look into the collections zoom bug?

I think there should be a feature that lets you share your collections on social media say like twitter. @MissyQ 

Omg I would love this!

@viewdeal2019 


@viewdeal2019 wrote:

@MissyQ 

When is this bug involving the InPrivate button going to be fixed? You can see square edges despite the rounded button. And can you please change the color to dark blue?

InPrivate-bug.png


 

Hi,

it's fixed in version 81.0.393.0

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/inprivate-mode-indicator-bug-now-fixed-version-81...