Top feedback summary for November 4

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, and a special welcome to our Beta channel audience who received Microsoft Edge version 79 today!

 

This is our weekly update on the top feedback we are hearing from you via the Send feedback smiley. All the feedback you send us drives action on the team, including individual bug reports, quick feedback on the latest features, and ideas for the future. If you provide your email when you give feedback, you’ll usually get an email response to close the loop when the feedback has been addressed. However, for the topics we hear about the most often from the most people, we wanted to do something more, so back in August we started these weekly top feedback summaries. Here we tell you the status and plan for these top topics, and in some cases host discussions here in the Microsoft Edge Insider Forum to explore more with you.

 

Last week we started discussions about four topics (click to see and participate in the thread for each):

 

 

This week we had one bug with YouTube which generated a lot of feedback. The YouTube.com site wasn’t rendering properly and appeared extremely magnified. This bug is fixed in the latest Dev and Canary channel builds (and was never introduced in Beta). Let us know if you see any more issues here.

 

Also this week we have some new feedback to cover about sync capabilities. We’ve seen an increase in requests for both browsing history and extensions to sync between different devices. We’re pleased to say these are already planned for the near future. We expect them to arrive in the Dev and Canary channels in January at the latest.

 

Finally, we’re happy to announce the arrival of the OneNote Web Clipper in the extensions store, which was the top requested extension.

 

The full updated list is below . . . and this week we’re introducing an archive of previously addressed topics which you can find if you scroll all the way to the bottom.

 

Thanks, and see you next week!

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

YouTube.com does not render properly and appears extremely magnified

New!

Addressed

Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store

4 weeks

Planned for November

A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line

11 weeks

Planned for November

Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page

11 weeks

Planned for November

Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile

11 weeks

Planned for November

Enable search in the extensions store

11 weeks

Planned for January

Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices

New!

Planned for January

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

New!

Planned

Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo

11 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store

11 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

Provide different options for sorting favorites

11 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

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

11 weeks

Under Review

Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar

1 week

Under Review

Add the ability to ink on web pages

1 week

Under Review

Opening a new tab is too slow

6 weeks

Under Review

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

6 weeks

Under Review

Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close

7 weeks

Under Review

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

7 weeks

Under Review

Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page

9 weeks

Under Review

Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead

9 weeks

Under Review

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

9 weeks

Under Review

Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page

11 weeks

Under Review

Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers

11 weeks

Under Review

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

11 weeks

Under Review

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

11 weeks

Under Review

Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge

11 weeks

Under Review

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

11 weeks

Under Review

Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page

11 weeks

Under Review

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

11 weeks

Under Review

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

11 weeks

Under Review

Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account

11 weeks

Quality Area

Bring more extensions to the extensions store

8 weeks

Quality Area

Edge should use less memory than it does

9 weeks

Quality Area

Edge should use less CPU than it does

11 weeks

Quality Area

Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages

11 weeks

Quality Area

Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files

11 weeks

Quality Area

Update does not always work reliably

11 weeks

 

 Definitions:

 

Addressed – Changes to address this feedback are visible to all users in the Canary and Dev channels

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:

 

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed on

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

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

5 weeks

September 24, 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

 

 

74 Replies

@HotCakeX 

 

I completely agree with you, creating Edge on Chromium opens the doors to more developers to create content and addons for Edge Chromium. With that being said, I want to make sure that this eco-system does not become dependant on Google's existing web-stores. While the functionality is cool, the ability to add content right from there is also cool. I worry about Google waking up one day going 'We don't like this,' and canning that functionality.

@David Rubino  Please include SET ASIDE TABS. This feature is super useful!! Most of the people I know, use classic edge because of these two features, set aside tabs and smooth scrolling. It's super easy and super convenient. 

@HotCakeX @David Rubino @Elliot Kirk 

I've also had consistent favorites syncing problems. The first problem is that the favorites won't specify if their set to show icon only(I'm going to call them pinned) when they sync. The second problem is on Canary, My favorites not only won't sync, when they fail, they load the data from my other browsers, meaning all changes to favorites are lost, and since my pinned Favs won't sync that their pinned, they get big again, meaning every time I re-open the browser, I have to right click and change it, or have no room for my other folders in the favorites bar. This is very irritating and even though its only been a little over a week since it started happening, it feels like an entire month. Thank you for listening to my rant and please make this a priority.

@Hexxus 


@Hexxus wrote:

@HotCakeX 

I completely agree with you, creating Edge on Chromium opens the doors to more developers to create content and addons for Edge Chromium. With that being said, I want to make sure that this eco-system does not become dependant on Google's existing web-stores. While the functionality is cool, the ability to add content right from there is also cool. I worry about Google waking up one day going 'We don't like this,' and canning that functionality.


 

I think Microsoft should create their extension submission portal setup soon for developers and also create a Fork of Chromium source and have their own engineers, developers, employees work on that.

so it will stay open source but this time Microsoft, instead of Google, will be the one managing it.

honestly I think it's very much worth it because it's a new browser that has so much potential.

From the all well known browsers why Edge beta is the second on this list? 
https://brave.com/brave-tops-browser-first-run-network-traffic-results/

@jstamm93 how do you make the edge color blue?

Brave posts results on their own websites bragging about their own browsers. lol there is really need to ask why?
it's like expecting Google post on their own blog that Microsoft browser is better than Google chrome.

also one thing I notice (among others) is that they were referring to (Chromium Beta) 77.0.235.25. that version is obsolete. also they can't have access to all data. there are thousands of other factors.
You can download themes from the Chrome web store as CRX files, then import them in Edge.
I totally agree. The transition plan fatally reminds me of the transition from Internet Explorer to Edge when a half-baked product was released that missed IE unique features like pinning pages to the task bar. Other features include the PDF inking experience which is crippled compared to what Edge supports and the totally idiotic download experience which does not allow me to relocate the download location on a per-click basis.
I tried it on Version 80.0.323.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) and it slowed down my browser

@David Rubino 

 

Again, I need Chromium Edge to NOT close the menu when middle-clicking on a favourite in a favourites menu (from favourites bar or the three dot menu). This is not revolutionary: IE supports this, EdgeHTML Edge supports this and Firefox supports this. I will not ever consider using a browser that does not provide this behaviour. Every browser I've used since the early 2000s has offered this behaviour which I have used many times every day since the early 2000s.

 

And again you neither add it to the list of items to review, nor reply that it can't be done for whatever reason.

 

But I can't test for this in the new Edge Dev today as since updating Edge Dev crashes immediately after starting every time. Edge Canary continues to work after updating, though.

 

 

Hi David@David Rubino

 

I wanted to reply to let you know the "Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead" issue that was report 9 weeks ago and you are saying happens sometimes, happens EVERY time that I do a two-finger scroll, NOT sometimes, EVERY TIME - When are you going to fix this issue?  Please see the following screenshot;

 

Edge Context Menu Appearing-Desktop-051119.jpg

To know about this for 9 weeks and not address it in an update that you have provided on the 5th of November isn't on...  this is a MAJOR User Experience issue.  Can I have an estimate timeline to fix this rubbish?

 

I have also noticed that the latest Edge Beta is still doing the massive screen zoom, when doing a two-finger scroll...  this is my screen with the Zoom set at 100%...

 

Edge Massive Zoom Issue-051119.jpg

Can I ask for an estimated fix timeline for this issue?

 

To confirm, I am running Edge Beta Version 79.0.309.12 (Official build) beta (64-bit)...   I get this is a Beta, but please acknowledge the issues in a realistic time frame and then fix them - Thank you

@David Rubino  Can you please have this addressed;

 

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

 

I am a long term user of Chrome as my only browser...  I really like how the Chrome user interface is sized...  The Edge Beta's under interface is way too big - please include this in the next update...

@David Rubino  Could ask you to define what is meant by this statement, which is tagged for November;

 

A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line

 

Is there another update to the Edge Beta in November 2019?  The scrolling experience in the Edge Beta is REALLY poor...  please advise

@David Rubino I reported an issue where AdBlock extension does not work properly, and hope a fix could come soon.

 

use uBlock Origin.
is 10x better. trust me.

@jolted131212 thanks man, I just installed it, let's see how it will work.

Hi there

Why do we discuss about the color of buttons, the shape of tabs, smiley buttons and the sorting of favorites if there are basic features of the old Edge and IE which are still not working in the new Edge: Tab preview, two finger scrolling, sound problems, strange behavior of IE mode, no offline installer (Stable Edge updates itself to Dev version)...

I know, the weighting of an issue is always subjective, but colors and shapes should only be corrected if the functionality it self is granted. IMHO...

Regards, Chris

@HotCakeX 

"seems to be pretty simple thing to add"

You're forgetting that MS are actually doing very little to Edge that is a big change from Chromium. Compare to other chromium browsers like Vivaldi and you'll see what could be done.

@jolted131212 

 

Exactly! Why is edge making 90 requests to 28 hosts on startup? I am very slightly dubious as it's from Brave and they have a reason to make it look bad. But I figure I'll install a monitor and see for myself. If it carries on I'll be swapping to Brave or Vivaldi.