Nov 04 2019 06:04 AM - edited Nov 14 2019 11:02 AM
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 |
|
Nov 06 2019 12:06 AM
@Chrizzly your points are very valid... @David Rubino Can you have your team address the various functionality items which we keep flagging and the Development team are clearly ignoring... Edge Beta has massive issues and it’s not a good user experience at the moment... Thank you
Nov 06 2019 12:16 AM - edited Nov 06 2019 12:36 AM
@David Rubino I just want to thank the team for the OneNote extension. I had written that up several times and given pretty detailed descriptions of the design requirements. While I heard nothing back ever, the extension functions pretty much as I envisioned. This has made another great leap for both products towards acceptance in my circles of influence.
Again thank you for helping my push for OneNote acceptance by my team.
(@HotCakeX While I appreciate you being satisfied with the Chrome's SendtoOneNote extension, I was not. It was buggy and non-repeatable. I also don't understand why "Keep Edge Separate from Chrome" was a slogan. Chrome had been easier to use, faster, more versatile, more capable and more universally accepted than IE, Edge or Bing and Safari, Opera, Ghosterly, DuckDuckGo, Silk and dozens more. I think it is good to learn from others and grow, especially using common infrastructure. One the other comments, I think I see where you are coming from.)
May the future efforts be just as productive. Thank you.
Nov 06 2019 02:06 AM
@Mace242 wrote:"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.
The Vivaldi browser that you are talking about: Initial release date: January 27, 2015
Microsoft Edge insider (Chromium): Initial release date: On April 8, 2019
so give Microsoft that much time (4 years) and then compare the two browsers ;)
within only few months that's been passed, I would say MSFT is doing a great job (Not perfect) so far.
Nov 06 2019 02:12 AM
@PhilipE3 wrote:@David Rubino I just want to thank the team for the OneNote extension. I had written that up several times and given pretty detailed descriptions of the design requirements. While I heard nothing back ever, the extension functions pretty much as I envisioned. This has made another great leap for both products towards acceptance in my circles of influence.
Again thank you for helping my push for OneNote acceptance by my team.
(@HotCakeX While I appreciate you being satisfied with the Chrome's SendtoOneNote extension, I was not. It was buggy and non-repeatable. I also don't understand why "Keep Edge Separate from Chrome" was a slogan. Chrome had been easier to use, faster, more versatile, more capable and more universally accepted than IE, Edge or Bing and Safari, Opera, Ghosterly, DuckDuckGo, Silk and dozens more. I think it is good to learn from others and grow, especially using common infrastructure. One the other comments, I think I see where you are coming from.)
May the future efforts be just as productive. Thank you.
Hi there,
oh I wasn't satisfied with that extension either, I was saying that it's not such a big news that OnteNote extension came from Google chrome extension store to Microsoft extension store.
I prefer a built in option, the web page inking that is in the list of suggested features above.
yes Chrome is fast, easy, versatile and all that but that's only the Chromium open-source engine that Microsoft already embraced it. what I'm saying is that to keep Edge free from Google services.
Chromium is open source and made by other people but integrating Google services (as a private company) into Microsoft browser is not something that is welcomed by many people.
Nov 06 2019 10:07 AM
The start menu tile looks so bad! Additionally, the only two possible sizes are small and medium.
This should really be one of your priorities.
Nov 06 2019 12:01 PM
@Deleted
Yeah, Edge insider's icon looks so bad compared to Firefox nightly's
Google chrome's icon looks awful as well, very small in the middle with so much space around it
Nov 06 2019 02:50 PM
@David RubinoCan you let us know if the Development team and the Projects Managers have a specified and agreed time frame for resolving all of these issues?
If Microsoft is planning to released the finished product in January, you need to get organised and work to specified time frames and milestones...
Nov 06 2019 04:03 PM
@David Rubino I have been upgraded to Version 79.0.309.14 (Official build) beta (64-bit) this evening and the Context/Right-click menu is still appearing EVERYTIME/ALL THE TIME when two-finger scrolling... see the following screenshot...
When are you going to fix this????
You have an issue, it has been reported many times and your Developers aren't resolving the issue...
Nov 06 2019 04:23 PM
@David Rubino Can I please ask when the Developers will fix this crap... I'm on the latest version and this is the 'Welcome Back!' page in a tab;
This is with the browser set at 100% zoom... Please sort out the quality of the builds... this issue was reported to you at least 9 weeks ago and you are ignoring the users like myself who are kind enough to provide you with feedback... what is the point if you don't investigate and listen?
Please sort this rubbish out this week...
Nov 06 2019 04:28 PM - edited Nov 06 2019 04:29 PM
@David Rubino Following the upgrade to version 79... the sync isn't working and it won't fix... please see the following screenshot;
Please fix this...
Nov 07 2019 02:22 AM
@Neil Hobbs wrote:@David Rubino Can I please ask when the Developers will fix this crap... I'm on the latest version and this is the 'Welcome Back!' page in a tab;
This is with the browser set at 100% zoom... Please sort out the quality of the builds... this issue was reported to you at least 9 weeks ago and you are ignoring the users like myself who are kind enough to provide you with feedback... what is the point if you don't investigate and listen?
Please sort this rubbish out this week...
Hi,
I think it's a font settings problem
here are the default font settings in Edge insider canary, try setting yours like this (if they are different)
Nov 07 2019 02:27 AM
hi @Neil Hobbs
@Neil Hobbs wrote:@David Rubino Following the upgrade to version 79... the sync isn't working and it won't fix... please see the following screenshot;
Please fix this...
What happens when you press on Fix it?
Nov 07 2019 05:48 AM
@HotCakeX I had a similar problem and when I hit fix it, sync failed and changes to my favorites were disregarded on that browser on that device. The problem has spread from Can to Dev.
Nov 07 2019 09:20 AM
@HotCakeX this zooming in happens when I perform a two-finger scroll down or up... I will have a look at the setting again this evening, when I get home...
Nov 07 2019 09:21 AM
Nov 07 2019 01:24 PM
Nov 07 2019 02:48 PM
@HotCakeXthis isn't a problem with my Font settings, this is an issue with how Edge uses the current touchpad driver on HP laptops... Microsoft @David Rubino has acknowledged this in his list of issues, but he won't give a time frame for fixing it...
Nov 08 2019 04:19 AM