Top Feedback Summary for May 28

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! We have a pretty quiet, short week for us. Those of us in Redmond enjoyed a three-day weekend thanks to Memorial Day!

 

Last week, we pushed 83 into our Stable channel! This brought changes like profile switching and the ability to have the Share button on the toolbar, both items that were based on user feedback and appeared in this list. Additionally, it brought the Surf game to Stable!

 

If you missed it, our Director of Product Marketing talked about how we’re making the web more accessible. In the post, Divya talks about things coming soon to our Insider channels, like Picture Dictionary.

 

And while this isn’t an update to one of the items on this list at this time, Maryam posted a thread about the new sidebar search option. You should expect to see this roll out to Dev and Canary very soon!

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for July

Highlighter tool for PDF files

14 weeks

Planned for Summer

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

15 weeks

Planned for Summer

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

29 weeks

Planned

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

3 weeks

Planned

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

4 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

7 weeks

Planned

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

12 weeks

Planned

Make Edge available on Linux

18 weeks

Planned

Support read aloud of PDF files

18 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

Add the ability to ink on web pages

30 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

Provide different options for sorting favorites

40 weeks

Planned

(Learn more)

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store

40 weeks

Planned

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

40 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Mouse cursor sometimes disappears

7 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

35 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

36 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

38 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

40 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

40 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge

40 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files

40 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

40 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

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

40 weeks

Under Review

Some web page fonts are blurry

3 weeks

Under Review

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

7 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

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

 

 

 

14 Replies

@MissyQ 


@MissyQ wrote:

 

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Planned

Support read aloud of PDF files

18 weeks

 

Spoiler

 

Hello all, just a note here,  This is already available in Dev and Canary as @josh_bodner pointed out in his post for todays Dev update "84.0.522.5".  Quote; "In product news, we’re excited to announce that Read Aloud is now available in PDFs! " and "

Added features: 

 

  • Added support for Read Aloud in PDFs. "

You will need to go to "edge://flags" and turn this flag on

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This has been available since the 18th in Canary and I'm guessing that now that it is available in Dev it should be available for everyone in Canary and Dev.  Just my guess though... 

 

Dennis5mile

@MissyQ Are there any plans to implement E2E encryption for syncing favorites? currently everything apart from Passwords/History are only encrypted in-transit and on-server, so they have to be decrypted on-server before being synced back to the browser which is not very secure.

@MissyQ 

 

It's been 2 months since we asked to change the status of this feature Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page (Addressed to Planned)


I don't know if we are read :sad:

 

Or if it's really integrated, where's that option ?

@MissyQ 

 

Thank you , there are cool features and many users really loved Surf game but some said, it is difficult and some said is there any trick like changing JavaScript so we don't lose :)

 

Using Microsoft Edge is really enjoyable.

@MissyQ  Any hint as to when PDF navigation via table of contents will be available? This is literally the only feature holding me from upgrading from the legacy edge browser.

Thanks :)

@MissyQ 

 

I don't know when this was done, because I didn't see it announced anywhere, but thanks to the team for adding a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+K) for tab duplication! This will save a lot of time and wrist health.

Sidebar search is awesome!
although the quickest way to search for something in Windows is simply pressing the Win key/button and then start typing ;)

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before (or if the feature already exists, if it does I'm not able to find it), but a bookmark feature for PDF's would be a wonderful feature.

 

For example, imagine you're reading a huge textbook and you want to continue from where you left it, or maybe you closed the tab by accident, (which makes it all the more annoying :p) it's really hard to find and scroll all the way back. 

A bookmark feature would certainly help out.
What do you guys think?

does an essential browser feature like "Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window" really need to be "In Discussion" for 35 weeks?

there's still no option to "set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page". any update?
Hi @MissyQ
I wrote before about sync not being available for Business Basic subscribers. The suggested workaround to pay for an upgrade is understandably ludicrous - just to sync bookmarks.
I appreciate your replies, but it's been months of waiting - just to sync bookmarks!
All the best,
Craig
I desperately need Multi-Account Containers from Firefox in Edge. They are so unbelievably useful!
As a Firefox users, containers can be sometimes useful for other times they cause problems for me, specially when I want to share something to a social media website that is on a container or when I'm viewing a web page that shows content from another website which is added to my container and I have to manually open each of them in their correct container to use my log ins and accounts. so they are 50-50 for me

@HotCakeX

I find them also not practical quite often. I prefer good anti-tracking protection and there is no need for containers. If you like grouping tabs by theme, I think there are other ways/extensions to do it.

@tistou 

 

Yes, it is sad that it is not implemented yet. However, you can use an extension.

 

Edge Web Store link:

 

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/onagfgjlokaciajhjmajljcfanonbmia?hl=en-US

 

I find it very helpful. If you just want to change the page when you open the browser, go to this link:

 

edge://settings/onStartup

 

You can adjust accordingly. I did make a video on this, but it exceeds the max file size :).

 

Hope this helped!