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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for March 31
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 have one new item we’re adding on today Under Review and another item is moving into discussion, so let’s just hop right into it.
This week we’re adding on a new vertical tabs item: Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen. This is something we’ve seen requests not only submitted to us directly but also on our social channels! The team is currently reviewing this item, but once we have more details to share about this bit of feedback we will update here.
We are moving Enable option to match Windows display language from Under Review to In Discussion. Kofi posted a discussion thread here to talk about how this works in Edge now and how we can better understand this feedback. Please hop over to that thread to detail your experience with languages on Windows!
While not on this list, our Edge on Linux users will be excited to know that sync no longer needs the flag we mentioned last week! Continue to report any issues you spot or any suggestions you have about improving the browser through our feedback tool by holding Alt+Shift+I on your keyboard with Edge in focus.
That’s all for this week! We will chat at you for next week’s update.
Here’s the updated list for this week:
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Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
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Planned for March |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
16 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
47 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
56 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
80 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
84 weeks |
|
Planned for March (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
84 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
8 weeks |
|
Planned for May |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
16 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users would like more theme and customization options |
8 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
32 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
34 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
51 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
84 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
23 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
51 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
84 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Users can move Vertical Tabs to the right side of the screen |
NEW! |
|
Under Review |
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
4 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Enable search of items in Collections |
4 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 |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
|
Not Planned |
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:
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Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
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Edge should use less memory than it does |
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Edge should use less CPU than it does |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
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Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
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Opening a new tab is too slow |
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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:
|
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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Add dictionary in PDF |
31 weeks |
Mar 23, 2021 |
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Some passwords are not saved |
25 weeks |
Mar 16, 2021 |
|
Enable kiosk mode |
16 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list |
35 weeks |
Feb 9, 2021 |
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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 |
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Voice search on google.com doesn’t work |
31 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add the ability to ink on web page content |
57 weeks |
Dec 1, 2020 |
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Add "text notes" feature to PDF files |
27 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
65 weeks |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen |
6 weeks |
Nov 3, 2020 |
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Make Edge available on Linux |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
60 weeks |
Oct 15, 2020 |
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Enable automatic generation of strong passwords |
13 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
31 weeks |
Sept 15, 2020 |
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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
50 weeks |
Aug 5, 2020 |
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Highlighter tool for PDF files |
21 weeks |
July 15, 2020 |
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Mouse cursor sometimes disappears (Read the discussion) |
11 weeks |
June 24, 2020 |
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Support read aloud of PDF files |
20 weeks |
June 9, 2020 |
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Edge cannot find devices to cast media (Learn more) |
16 weeks |
May 19, 2020 |
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Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
21 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
33 weeks |
Apr 7, 2020 |
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Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page (Learn more) |
32 weeks |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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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 |
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Some users are unable to access any web page |
3 weeks |
Mar 11, 2020 |
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Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Mar 4, 2020 |
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Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
17 weeks |
Feb 26, 2020 |
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Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
26 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
24 weeks |
Feb 21, 2020 |
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Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
20 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
22 weeks |
Jan 22, 2020 |
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Enable search in the extensions store |
17 weeks |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Add a dark theme to Microsoft Edge |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Build translation capabilities into the browser |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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Delete browsing history on exit |
Addressed before these posts started |
|
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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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I am happy to see that vertical tabs on the right side of the screen is happening.
Sometimes we have fundamentally different ideas of how we would want to use a software.
Article exploring similar thing in gaming :
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/feb/28/why-do-video-game-players-invert-the-controls
It was met with tremendous response and anther article was published months later, by the same author -
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/dec/02/scientists-studying-why-gamers-invert-their-controls
Vertical tabs on right side is how I think most people would like to use the browser and it should be the default, out of box setting in the future.
Most languages including English go from left to right, there is more available screen space on the right side. Right handed people who hold the mouse in right hand constitue the majority of population and to them the tabs on right side is just the most natural way to use the browser without cris crossing their arms.
A welcome development and looking forward to it !- I think I'm the exception from the rule. I'm right handed and a think I never would use vertical tabs on the right side. I'm too familiar with left panels that I just can't give up. This is why I think vertical tabs shouldn't be on the right side by default.
- This may or may not be the right place to talk about Microsoft Edge's built-in extensions, but the place I thought would be most convenient.
Recently Microsoft edge has added a lot more built-in extensions such as downloads and the math solver. In addition to those new extensions, I would like to see a bing translator extension that would work similarly to google translate. Still, in an extension, a password manager extension similar to the last pass extension that I currently use would act as a password vault where I could easily access my passwords, A spell check/Microsoft editor extension. I know this is an add-on in the extension store, but I would like to see it as a native built-in extension. I would also like to see Microsoft implement a similar extension similar to camel camel camel or the camalizer extension. This would work well with edge;'s new shopping features in how it should show the current price of any product and the history of the price values if it went up or down to indicate the best time to buy. Lastly, I would like to see a video/music/audio player extension in edge similar to what Chrome has. This would work in allowing you to pause or play music or videos, skip and mute audio. These are just a few of my suggestions That I've mentioned numerous times to the edge team. What do y'all think?- Spoiler
ethanmenzel wrote:
This may or may not be the right place to talk about Microsoft Edge's built-in extensions, but the place I thought would be most convenient.
Recently Microsoft edge has added a lot more built-in extensions such as downloads and the math solver. In addition to those new extensions, I would like to see a bing translator extension that would work similarly to google translate. Still, in an extension, a password manager extension similar to the last pass extension that I currently use would act as a password vault where I could easily access my passwords, A spell check/Microsoft editor extension. I know this is an add-on in the extension store, but I would like to see it as a native built-in extension. I would also like to see Microsoft implement a similar extension similar to camel camel camel or the camalizer extension. This would work well with edge;'s new shopping features in how it should show the current price of any product and the history of the price values if it went up or down to indicate the best time to buy. Lastly, I would like to see a video/music/audio player extension in edge similar to what Chrome has. This would work in allowing you to pause or play music or videos, skip and mute audio. These are just a few of my suggestions That I've mentioned numerous times to the edge team. What do y'all think?I agree math solver shouldn't be built into the browser, but what is "downloads" extension ?
- It's the new download manager icon instead of being at the button it's now at the top
- Great stuff, thanks for the update!
- Seems strange to me that things are still listed as "Planned for March" and it is last day of March? Not sure the policy here but since this is last update for the current month shouldn't out of date timelines get updated?
- I think they will transition to Planned for April (:
some of them are available in Dev/Canary channels
- Hello! Thank you very much for the theme System Language and Edge operation in this context ! My dream is to choose any language displayed in Edge! Important would be the function - Bing translator as the default with language preference settings - without taking into account the language of the system! I believe that this should be a priority in Edge! I look forward to such improvements! Andrzej
- Any chance we can see a new item on the list?
Canary allows for vertical tabs and tab grouping. The problem is, it doesn’t work when in full screen (mac). It reverts to horizontal tabs.
Also while I’m here, tiled tabs (side by side tabs for research etc). One thing I noticed is it fails to auto-create tab groups in some websites. Easily reproducible on Google Search (works OK on Bing), and Aliexpress from the front page. And I guess a keyboard shortcut for creating a new group manually would help a lot too! Other than that, it is a feature I really enjoy (^—^)/
- Thank you for sharing.
In addition for vertical tabs, I would like to have a feature that doesn't expand the panel when you hover over it and, instead, when you hover the tabs, the title and, if enabled, the content appears in a pop-up just like just like happens now when you hover a tab when the panel expands.
- if you have a suggestion or feedback, the best way is to submit using the feedback button on Edge.
that's what developers have said.
- Love verticals tabs. Using Canary Edge (Version 91.0.848.0 ) for the ability to resize vertical tabs. Noticed today, I now cannot resize vertical tabs anymore. Was this option removed?
JonJero wrote:
Love verticals tabs. Using Canary Edge (Version 91.0.848.0 ) for the ability to resize vertical tabs. Noticed today, I now cannot resize vertical tabs anymore. Was this option removed?I have it too, we're using canary, it usually gets these temporary bugs that are solved rather quickly.
