Top Feedback Summary for March 3

Microsoft

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

 

Hello, Insiders! It’s been a bit, but we’re back here in March to update you on several of these statuses. We’re not closing anything out this round, but we are adding on a couple of new items y’all have been asking about. Let’s hop into it!

 

First up, we’re rolling back the status of one of the items here, Edge should respect the default PDF viewer. As the team continues to work with our internal partners, we’ve moved this item’s status back to Planned. We’ll provide more information as we get it and appreciate your understanding.

 

Next, we’re moving some items from Planned for February to March. We expect users to see the ability to add more top sites to the new tab page, be able to see a preview of a tab, have a dialog come up warning a user they’re closing all tabs, and the option to prevent auto-play of video and audio coming this month to Canary. As always, we will update you all on any status changes as we get them!

 

Finally, we’re excited to add on two new items you have been asking for, both currently Under Review by the team. One is something users have been asking for since the introduction of vertical tabs: Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled. The next is a request for Collections: Enable search of items in Collections. Once the team reviews these items, we’ll provide a status update.

 

This was a huge update, but we could not do this without your input! Have any thoughts on these two new items that we’ve added this week? Send us those through the browser! If you’re on a Windows device, hold Alt+Shift+I, or head to the menu in the top right > Help and feedback > Send feedback. We'll chat at you all in next week's update!

 

Here’s the updated list for this week:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for March

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

52 weeks

Planned for March
(Join the discussion
)

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

76 weeks

Planned for March

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

80 weeks

Planned for March

(Join the discussion)

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

80 weeks

Planned

Users would like more theme and customization options

4 weeks

Planned

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

12 weeks

Planned

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

12 weeks

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

23 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

28 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

28 weeks

Planned

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

31 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

43 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

47 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

80 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

47 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

80 weeks

Under Review

Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled

NEW!

Under Review

Enable search of items in Collections

NEW!

Under Review

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

4 weeks

Under Review

Enable option to match Windows display language

18 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

 

 

 

18 Replies
Thanks for the update,
search through collections would be very useful
I love all these features coming in march.

1. Ability to pin a collection would be nice (not to be confused with pinning the collection panel which is possible already)
2. Ability to completely hide the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled would be awesome. The idea should be to show just how much space can freed vertically.
I have been unable to use Google Voice search (Edge Dev briefly hangs and sometimes crashes). Recently I changed my Google region from New Zealand to United States. Google voice search now works in Edge Dev! This behavior seems specific to Edge, as in Google Chrome voice search works with New Zealand region.
Definitely submit this as in-browser feedback as well! The team is reviewing shrinking/hiding title bar so it's the perfect time to let us know what you'd like to see there =)

Thank you @MissyQ for updates .

Several users would love these features.

Edge team, please fix this issue with vertical tabs! Here is the post for it https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/vertical-tabs-should-be-consistent-with-fitts-law...
Hey there, I responded to your thread on this! Thanks for commenting here =)

Ok here we go again:

A new release and same stuff, Almost all the problems are still there after around 2 years of reporting..

- Move the "Force Dark Mode for Web Contents" from "Flags" to "Appearance" in Settings and let us customize the websites that we want to enable or disable it on them.

- Everything in my PC is in dark mode, even the "Force Dark Mode for Web Contents"
But somehow every time I open Edge I get this white page for a few seconds that blinds me for like a minute... and every new page I open it loads in white page until the page opens.. and if the website or my connection is slow then that stupid useless white loading screen stays for longer and I have to look away until it's done loading............

- When everything is using dark mode and "Force Dark Mode for Web Contents" is enabled, All icons and buttons turns to dark grey which are almost not visible at all!
https://imgur.com/ICpYsDC

-"Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window"
Why this isn't added yet???????????????????

- Middle click mouse button on tabs bar to open a new tab?
- Built-in AdBlocker?
- Dark Mode for PDFs reading specially if the pages are scanned?

I'll keep sending this feedback everyday until these are added/fixed since you almost never do anything at all from what we report or request.

I like the way Edge does NOT have a selected state when you click a History item in the History panel. This way you never know what place you're at in the History Panel when you move your cursor away from the History Panel. I hope this is by design to drive everyone crazy?

@Omar-Os 

 

it was added 4 months ago

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/ask-before-closing-multiple-tabs-feature-now-avai...

 

"Middle click mouse button on tabs bar to open a new tab?"

i wouldn't want that, use an extension.

" Built-in AdBlocker?"

use ublock origin extension. mobile version of Edge is also using an extension for adblocking.

 

@RobertStewart 

Spoiler

@RobertStewart wrote:
I like the way Edge does NOT have a selected state when you click a History item in the History panel. This way you never know what place you're at in the History Panel when you move your cursor away from the History Panel. I hope this is by design to drive everyone crazy?

There is.

when you open history flyout, the first item has lines around it.

on mouse hover, items are highlighted.

@HotCakeX 
No it's not added yet, it's still experimental and you have to enable it from flags so no it's not added.
Also it doesn't tell you how many tabs you are running which makes it half useless.

The rest is not up to you to decide, thankfully.

Neither is up to you,
it is added, in the flags, will be enabled by default once it's ready.

@MissyQ 

 

Hi there! Really appreciate all the hard work you've been doing to constantly bring us these updates. I've been using Edge as my default browser for about 7 months now. It's been performing excellently so far, and I have no complaints. 

 

I just have one request: prior to the latest update, I used the "flags" feature to enable overlay scrollbars. Now, I can't enable this feature anywhere. I'm currently using an extension for overlay scrollbars. However, it doesn't work as seamlessly as the previous one.

 

Thanks for reading! 

@HotCakeX  You do not get it yet.   The item SHOULD stay highlighted once you click it. The item should stay highlighted one you click it and you move your mouse to the web page. The item should stay highlighted so you know which item you clicked since you may want to see where you left off in the history list.

What is a selected state om list item: Please google or Bing 

Okay i get it now, but nothing to "drive everyone crazy" or even close to it.

Anyone know when we can expect the pinned tab previews that we had from the old edge. I'm anxiously waiting for something from the Edge team even if it a flag to turn on.

@MissyQ 

Anything in the works to support more than two profiles in the iOS apps?