Top feedback summary for October 1

[David Rubino]

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.

Hey everyone, I’m back with the latest top feedback summary. This week we’d like to highlight a few things which have been addressed:

The New Tab Page (we call it the “NTP” within the team) has received a significant update, and among the changes are two which address some of our top feedback items. First, the NTP now supports dark theme. If you are in dark theme (available in Settings under Appearance) you will see that the search box, top sites, and feed use darker colors. Additionally we’ve enabled greater customization of NTP content that allows you to turn off the feed if you wish. Just click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the NTP and choose Custom page layout. If you choose the Content visible on scroll option, the feed will only show if you scroll down on the NTP. If you choose the Content off option, your feed will be disabled entirely.

Another top request was for ClickOnce functionality, which among other things allows one-click installation of  certain applications on Windows. This is chiefly a feature in work or school environments, so it is controlled by the new ClickOnceEnabled group policy. However, if you’d like to enable it on your device directly, you can browse to edge://flags and search for “ClickOnce” to find the ClickOnce Support flag. For more information on ClickOnce and the similar DirectInvoke feature, see our documentation at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/edge-learn-more-co-di.

Here is the full updated list of top feedback:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Addressed	Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme	6 weeks
Addressed	Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page	6 weeks
Addressed	ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages	6 weeks
Planned for October	A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line	6 weeks
Planned for October	Inking for PDF files	6 weeks
Planned for October	Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page	6 weeks
Planned for October	Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile	6 weeks
Planned for October	Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo	6 weeks
Planned for November	Enable search in the extensions store	6 weeks
Under Review	Opening a new tab is too slow	1 week
Under Review	Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window	1 week
Under Review	Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close	2 week
Under Review	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	2 week
Under Review	Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page	4 weeks
Under Review	Some users are asking for a home button in Edge. Since we already have one, we could improve discoverability or just enable it by default.	4 weeks
Under Review	Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead	4 weeks
Under Review	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	4 weeks
Under Review	Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page	6 weeks
Under Review	Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers	6 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	6 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	6 weeks
Under Review	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	6 weeks
Under Review	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	6 weeks
Under Review	Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page	6 weeks
Under Review	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	6 weeks
Under Review	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	6 weeks
Under Review	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	6 weeks
Under Review	Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account	6 weeks
Under Review	Provide different options for sorting favorites	6 weeks
Under Review	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	6 weeks
Quality Area	Bring more extensions to the extensions store	4 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less memory than it does	6 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less CPU than it does	6 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages	6 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files	6 weeks
Quality Area	Update does not always work reliably	6 weeks

Definitions:

Addressed – Feedback is addressed in current Canary builds.

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

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. 

[#2]

@David Rubino 

when we right-click on side of the opened tab, "Options" screen appears in "White" color instead of "Black" color in "Dark Mode"

[#3]

@David Rubino 

Am I really the only one recognizing that touchscreen support on Edge Chromium is very poor? 

• Pages are jumping almost every time you tap into a text field or click on an image to enlarge
• You can't sort favorites manually with finger or pen, there's just no drag&drop as with the mouse
• Tabs getting too small to use when you've opened a lot of sites (as mentioned in other posts before), we need scrollable tabs for this
• Sometimes when you've zoomed-in a page you're unable to scroll anymore, instead the scroll gestures (up & down) just zoom in and out the page

And as mentioned many times before, but I can't repeat it often enough, a fullscreen mode without the ability to swipe-in the toolbar (with tabs and address bar) doesn't make any sense and is completely pointless. 

Please, please fix these issues, otherwise Edge Chromium will never be an option for tablet users. 

Let's make Edge C the best and most useful browser, come on.

Thanks in advance, looking forward to this.

[#4]

@David Rubino 

"Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge" - oh no! I like the current design very much . Please do not update here anything.

[#5]

@Dennis5mile 

I'd also like to add my own icon for folders, so its easier for you to recognize which ones are which.

[#6]

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@cjc2112 wrote:

@Dennis5mile 

I'd also like to add my own icon for folders, so its easier for you to recognize which ones are which.

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@cjc2112 

if the browser syncs that custom icon that would be even better! :)

[#7]

@pmbAustin

When I look at explorer, Ctrl-Tab works like it does in edge. I think most people like the current way because its easier to keep track of, especially when you have a lot of tabs open. If you want this to be an option, you can go to the request page and ask for it to become an option. Hope this helps, best of luck.

-Cam

[#8]

i@cjc2112 

Sorry, no, it's not easier to use or understand the way it works. There is absolutely no situation in which the current behavior is "easier to keep track of"... the current behavior is unusable if you have many tabs open, and is only really "usable" if you have only two tabs open.

Internet Explorer had the OPTION of MRU tab order switching with Ctrl-Tab. You had to turn it on (it was the default until sometime late in the game).

Example: you have four tabs open, but you want to switch back and forth between two of them for reference. It's easy with MRU tab switching... just hit Ctrl Tab once, each time. Done. With the way Chrome and EDGE work, you have to think about which tab you're on, to know how many times to press Ctrl Tab. Open another tab, and the number changes. It's a huge cognative load that makes switching between tabs annoying and difficult.

I have decades of muscle memory from using a huge variety of tabbed UIs in Windows, and they all have at least an option, if not a DEFAULT, of Ctrl-Tab switching tabs in Most-Recently-Used order. Just like Alt-Tab switches apps.

There is NO EXCUSE for not having this as a feature built in from the very start.

A great side-effect of this feature is that when you close a tab, you see the last tab you were looking at... completely expected and natural. The way Chrome and EDGE operate, when you close a tab, you just see the adjacent tab, which might be one you haven't looked at in a while. It's jarring and unexpected.

MRU tab switching order with Ctrl-Tab is a REQUIRED BEHAVIOR for a tabbed UI to be useful and functional, and its omission is why I stayed back on IE11 for so long, and why I prefer Firefox to Chrome. EDGE needs this feature, and it needs it sooner rather than later. It should have never been released without it.

[#9]

@pmbAustin Ok, I understand that you have decades of muscle memory, so you used to this and have strong feelings about its implementation. I get you and understand your frustration, as I've had some similar things happen to me. My point wasn't to discredit your opinion, it was to show that it probably isn't their top priority. Going to request the feature is going to be the fastest way to add this feature to Edge, although it may take a few days or weeks. They will email you back and you can describe your problem and feature you want to add. I definitely agree that this should be an option.

[#10]

@pmbAustin 

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@pmbAustin wrote:

i@cjc2112 

Sorry, no, it's not easier to use or understand the way it works. There is absolutely no situation in which the current behavior is "easier to keep track of"... the current behavior is unusable if you have many tabs open, and is only really "usable" if you have only two tabs open.

Internet Explorer had the OPTION of MRU tab order switching with Ctrl-Tab. You had to turn it on (it was the default until sometime late in the game).

Example: you have four tabs open, but you want to switch back and forth between two of them for reference. It's easy with MRU tab switching... just hit Ctrl Tab once, each time. Done. With the way Chrome and EDGE work, you have to think about which tab you're on, to know how many times to press Ctrl Tab. Open another tab, and the number changes. It's a huge cognative load that makes switching between tabs annoying and difficult.

I have decades of muscle memory from using a huge variety of tabbed UIs in Windows, and they all have at least an option, if not a DEFAULT, of Ctrl-Tab switching tabs in Most-Recently-Used order. Just like Alt-Tab switches apps.

There is NO EXCUSE for not having this as a feature built in from the very start.

A great side-effect of this feature is that when you close a tab, you see the last tab you were looking at... completely expected and natural. The way Chrome and EDGE operate, when you close a tab, you just see the adjacent tab, which might be one you haven't looked at in a while. It's jarring and unexpected.

MRU tab switching order with Ctrl-Tab is a REQUIRED BEHAVIOR for a tabbed UI to be useful and functional, and its omission is why I stayed back on IE11 for so long, and why I prefer Firefox to Chrome. EDGE needs this feature, and it needs it sooner rather than later. It should have never been released without it.

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Hi,

I'm not sure what MRU is but CTRL + TAB shortcut is working in Edge insider Canary..

[#11]

Please read. "MRU" = "Most Recently Used", and it's about the ORDER in which Ctrl-Tab switches tabs.

When I hit Ctrl-Tab, I expect to go to the last tab I looked at … the same way Alt-Tab works with apps. I do not expect it to go to "whatever tab is to the right of this tab, whether or not you've actually looked at it recently".

MRU Tab Order switching is intuitive and natural. Simply cycling to the right is not nearly as useful once you have more than two tabs open. 

[#12]

@HotCakeX MRU is most recently used. If you've ever used Firefox, this is what they are talking about. If you haven't, its the same thing Alt+Tab does on windows.

[#13]

@cjc2112 

Thanks, haven't been much into the shortcuts myself but now that I think about it I guess it'd be useful

[#14]

@pmbAustin 

Thanks,

I'm using MRU now on Edge insider canary using this extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-thumbnails-switcher/jpaiaplhepeiilhiegfnknedhjepknng

CTRL + TAB switches back and forth between the recently viewed tabs, give it a try :)

[#15]

When is top feedback summary for october 8th going to be released? It should have been released by now.

[#16]

@dustytravel Probably tomorrow. They have to release canary before that happens and its released after they finish work.

[#17]

@dustytravel here it is!  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Top-Feedback-Summary-for-October-8/m-p/900617.  We had a nice wind storm here last night and some places lost power, which put a slight delay on everything today.  

[#18]

Thank you, oh it was posted in the Articles section instead of the Discussions that's why most of us missed it :)

[#19]

Why Not? The browser window should be simple and less cluttered.

[#20]

Agreed, it is much better than Google Chrome, but still there are rounded corners around current tab, it doesn't look consistent when you are using Microsoft products for many years. It causes illusion of (or actual) space wastage. Further, it is replacement of Original Edge, so it should retain best of UI like square tabs, scrollable tabs when there are large number of tabs, Fluent, preview of tabs, Set Aside, etc. YMV.

[#21]

@basil3143, rounded corners are becoming part of Windows 10 and Microsoft in general, so I wouldn't worry about consistency.