Top Feedback Summary for May 12

[MissyQ]

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 is incredibly light with no changes to the list.

With no updates this week, we’d like to take the time to thank you all. We are constantly in awe of how excited you all are to share your thoughts, suggestions, and complaints with us. It makes us think of how we build things in different ways, and that will make all of us better. Thanks so much to all of you are submitting feedback and seeing the changes you suggest going live.

Have a suggestion or notice something acting a bit differently than what you’re used to seeing? Please submit that feedback through the browser!

Lastly, if you have thoughts on something that is on this list and it has a discussion thread, remember to jump into that and offer suggestions! While these threads are still open and on this list, we definitely want to continue to see your thoughts in there.

We’ll see you all with our update next week!

Here’s this week’s updated list:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Planned for Summer	Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents	13 weeks
Planned for Summer	Enable sync of browsing history between devices	27 weeks
Planned	Add "text notes" feature to PDF files	1 week
Planned	Voice search on google.com doesn’t work	2 weeks
Planned	MSA profile picture is not updating	5 weeks
Planned	Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page	10 weeks
Planned	Highlighter tool for PDF files	12 weeks
Planned (Learn more)	Edge cannot find devices to cast media	15 weeks
Planned	Make Edge available on Linux	16 weeks
Planned	Support read aloud of PDF files	16 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Add the ability to ink on web pages	28 weeks
Planned (Join the discussion)	Provide different options for sorting favorites	38 weeks
Planned (Learn more)	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	38 weeks
Planned	Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Mouse cursor sometimes disappears	5 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window	33 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	34 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	36 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	38 weeks
In Discussion (Join the discussion)	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	38 weeks
Under Review	Some web page fonts are blurry	1 week
Under Review	Add ability to close tabs via double-click	5 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 (See the discussion)	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	35 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. 

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
Some users lose their favorites on update to Microsoft Edge	4 weeks	Apr 21, 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

[#2]

I am extremely dissatisfied with your services. Microsoft Edge on Linux is postponed for many weeks! Still no timeline!!! Edge is the ONLY browser which supports FULL colour font rendering and H.265 support!!! Please, please make Microsoft available on Linux ASAP even if you don't want to disclose any of the source code (proprietary, as always) !!! It would be better if you can disclose part of the source code to security experts in order to debug and find exploits.

[#3]

[DELETED]

[#4]

@MissyQ 

Clicking on profile shows email address plus type of account, shouldn't it be name and account type, or name + email + account type.

Please address this issue :( 

[#5]

Linux version, please! If Edge would support hardware video acceleration (va-api and such) and focus on font rendering (respect system-wide settings for subpixel rendering and hinting - surprisingly, not a single Linux web browser seems to do that and often override those with their own, depending on font family, for example) it would be a killer.

[#6]

I really hope that Read Aloud support for PDF's will be changed to Planned for Summer. This is one feature that keeps me from making the complete transition to the new version of Edge. I need this for reading PDF files that are shared to me in some of my classes. 

[#7]

@David_H_1I'm not here to get into any debates, but there's nothing wrong with proprietary software. Only care about money? A software company—or an individual independent dev—works hard to code a good program. They are entitled to copyright protection AND to the compensation they can get from selling their own creations. If they want to open source it, great. But if not, no one has any ethical grounds to complain. The mentality you've expressed just drives me nuts.

[#8]

I'm really sorry. At least I deleted the reply by replacing it with [DELETED]. But I am so naive to think that because Edge is free (without charge), so it should be open source? You shouldn't use the derogatory term "mentality", though.

[#9]

@MissyQ 

Always, can you put Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page as "Planned" and not "Adressed" ?

Since it is still not implemented in Edge

In the state, this option will never be added

And some PDFs cannot be read from the browser (from some sites, forced to download them)
Possible to integrate this function ?

Thanks

[#10]

@MissyQ Force Dark Mode for Web Contents doesn't work anymore. Please fix.

[#11]

@tistou 

Welcome to my blog

[#12]

@trini2 

I did not understand :)

[#13]

@MissyQ 

I use the old edge Browser to correct students Papers because of one thing I miss in the new one.

The old Edge differs between pen and finger when inking and scrolling. So it has no further tab on the inking button when scolling or zooming though a paper. This is extremly important to workflow and I can't find it in your list. Could you include it?