Top Feedback Summary for March 16

Microsoft

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

 

Why, hello there, Insiders! This week, our Dev channel is moving into Edge 91 and our Beta channel is going to get Edge 90! If you are one of our macOS users, you may have spotted that we have updated our icon there. All Insiders, once you’ve updated your Beta channel to Edge 90, should have this updated icon.

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While it’s not related to this list, there has been feedback around improvements to the updating process for users on macOS. We’re excited to announce that we are improving that experience. Check out Olivia’s overview of the new updater for macOS users, and let her know your thoughts in the thread!

 

Let’s jump into this week’s details. We are moving a couple items under Planned to give a timeline on when you can expect to see these updates in our Canary channel. Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification (which currently shows only in our Beta and Stable channels) should be addressed this month, so we’re updating that status to Planned for March. Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents is moving to Planned for May, so keep an eye out in Canary for this update to PDFs (part of our ongoing work for PDF parity in Microsoft Edge, you can see more in our PDF roadmap).

 

Another item that is moving to Planned for May is something that was Under Review, Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups. Tab groups have become increasingly popular as users discover vertical tabs, and we’re excited to bring them to the browser.

 

Lastly, we have Addressed one item, Some passwords are not saved. We worked closely with the Windows team to dig into this, and believe to have addressed the main cause of this in a recent Windows 10 update. Be sure to double check your Windows Update settings if you are still running into this. If you are on any other platform and continue to see any issues with your passwords saving, please let us know via the feedback tool!

 

That’s all for this week! If you haven’t spotted it yet, we do have a road map available for users on our Insiders website! Additionally, we have our Quarterly Insider survey up and ready for your thoughts! Be sure to let us know what you think of these forums and the program in that survey.

 

Here’s the updated list for this week:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

Some passwords are not saved

25 weeks

Planned for March

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

14 weeks

Planned for March

Some web page fonts are blurry

45 weeks

Planned for March

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

54 weeks

Planned for March
(Join the discussion)

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

78 weeks

Planned for March

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

82 weeks

Planned for March

(Join the discussion)

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

82 weeks

Planned for May

Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups

6 weeks

Planned for May

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

14 weeks

Planned

Users would like more theme and customization options

6 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

30 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

30 weeks

Planned

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

33 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

49 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

82 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

49 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

82 weeks

Under Review

Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled

2 weeks

Under Review

Enable search of items in Collections

2 weeks

Under Review

Enable option to match Windows display language

21 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

Enable kiosk mode

16 weeks

Feb 9, 2021

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

35 weeks

Feb 9, 2021

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

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

 

 

 

7 Replies
Is the app icon update in macOS that it loses the "beta" strip? If so, is there a chance this might be done on Windows as well, or perhaps the strip be made smaller?
Yes please. I daily drive canary and could use a smaller CAN strip on logo. The combination with yellow also seems a bit off. Edge alpha would be a cooler name lol.
Thank you for sharing.

Hi MissyQ,
I had been checking out some different browser's to see how much they might have evolved & improved on some of their features. I decided to stop back by & do the same thing for edge chromium canary, @ first glance it seems like it's been steadily improving ! And even though the google chrome browser still remains in the top spot as far as browser rankings are concerned, I'm SURE that by now microsoft has got the attention of google with all of the features & overall advancement of the chromium based edge browser. As my memory isn't what it used to be for several reasons now, I thought before I forgot to do so I would ask you about a feature that users had been asking about but now I no longer see it listed as far as the 'status' goes. It's the being able to add additional sites to the new tab page, for quite a while it was listed, have the developers decided not to implement that feature for all users after all ? At least for me I was really looking forward to having that feature being implemented. I like having some of my top sites readily available for easy access. Also, I do see that the developers are actively working on some kind of a 'fix' to prevent videos (I think the worst types are the html-5), thank goodness there are some extensions that at least so far try & help with this issue. And of course NOT trying to be rude to a microsoft employee in any manner, but the chromium based brave browser has had that type of feature in settings for quite a while. Stay Safe & keep up all of the great work @ making this browser better & better.

David 

Hi David, glad to see you dropping in to give Edge a try and thank you very much for your feedback! "Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page" is actually planned for March, so this is a perfect time to stop back in and check things out =) (You might have missed it on the list but it's the third item down)

Was ready to migrate, when I found sync is not available on Linux yet (ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣﹏ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣) BTW, the experimental automatic tab grouping is really awesome.

Thanks so much for the update, I guess I was having yet another old age type of moment. To be somewhat candid with you, I've been having some anxiety issues lately, more that the normal type & I'm in the process of trying to get some kind of professional type of help that my family doctor can't provide. At least I've got a GREAT browser to utilize that keeps getting developed so it can be further improved !!