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MicrosoftTop Feedback Summary for March 9
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey, Insiders! This week’s update is quite smaller than last week’s, but this is back to our normal cadence of updates as we return to our weekly timeline for these. Let’s see what’s being shuffled!
As we transitioned into chromium, we saw feedback from y’all that some fonts were blurry compared to others. We’re excited to let y’all know that you can expect to see improvements to fonts this month in Canary! This means Some web page fonts are blurry is now Planned for March. We’ll continue to share updates on this item as we get them.
Items on this list are because y’all tell us what you want! We want to know more, this list grows as you tell us what you want. Send us your thoughts and suggestions directly 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 to let us know what you are looking for in a browser.
Until next week!
Here’s the updated list for this week:
|
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
|
Planned for March |
Some web page fonts are blurry |
44 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
53 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
77 weeks |
|
Planned for March |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
81 weeks |
|
Planned for March (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
81 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users would like more theme and customization options |
5 weeks |
|
Planned |
Allow users to turn off the “Disable developer mode extensions” notification |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Users can get back to where they left off in PDF documents |
13 weeks |
|
Planned |
Some passwords are not saved |
24 weeks |
|
Planned |
Add dictionary in PDF |
29 weeks |
|
Planned |
Edge should respect the default PDF viewer |
29 weeks |
|
Planned |
Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason |
32 weeks |
|
Planned |
MSA profile picture is not updating |
48 weeks |
|
Alternative Planned |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
81 weeks |
|
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Add ability to close tabs via double-click |
48 weeks |
|
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
81 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Hide or shrink the title bar when vertical tabs are enabled |
1 week |
|
Under Review |
Enable search of items in Collections |
1 week |
|
Under Review |
Users can find and manage their tabs more easily by organizing them into associated groups |
5 weeks |
|
Under Review |
Enable option to match Windows display language |
20 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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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 |
39 weeks |
Oct 20, 2020 |
|
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
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 |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
|
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
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 |
|
I got my answer here, and it is Yes 🙂
Serving our customers more effectively with new release cycles for Microsoft Edge
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2021/03/12/new-release-cycles-microsoft-edge-extended-stable/
SpoilerHi,
could you please give us some news from the team about the future plans and stance of Edge when Google announced that they are speeding up their release schedule from every 6 weeks to every 4 weeks (just like Firefox) ?
is Edge going to do the same and release every major stable version every 4 weeks too?
I really hope this happens, if it doesn't, it would put Edge way behind Chrome.- Finally someone got to solve that long-standing issue of blurry and weak font rendering in Chromium. I look for all details how you solved this!
Actually, I have raised three suggestions yesterday, in which I mostly concerned on the "Print" option, so I'd like to raise to you here again. Sometimes when I am reading the web pages, I have the need to print them as PDF, but maybe I just want to print the title and the body of the page, without the irrelevant information on the right, left, up and down sides, like the part in the red line is no what I want. Can you make the print more clean? As I know, in past version of edge (44.18362.449), this function is available. And I recommend the 360 browser for your reference in which they have an option "simplify print" which is very good.
