Top Feedback Summary for October 20

Microsoft

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

 

Hey there, Insiders! This week is a big week, so let’s see what we’re updating!

 

We are truly excited to bring Linux into the family of supported operating systems for Microsoft Edge. Starting today, you can download our Edge Dev channel for Linux. To get the installer packages, you can head to our Microsoft Edge Insider site or install it directly from Microsoft’s Linux Software Repository. You can read more about the newest addition to the Edge family on our blog.

 

This week we’re opening up Add ability to close tabs via double-click for discussion, moving this item from Under Review to In Discussion. The team wants to know more about why you find this would be beneficial for you, so head over to the discussion thread to let us know!

 

A few weeks ago, we promised an update around history sync. Today, we’re updating the status from Planned for Summer to Planned for November. We know that you all are particularly excited about this feature, and we will have more details once we start rolling this into the Canary channel.

 

During Microsoft Ignite this year, we talked a bit about bringing kiosk mode to the new Edge. This week, we’re adding Enable kiosk mode to the list as Planned. We recently implemented the beginnings of this mode, however once we have more details we will provide an update here.

 

Lastly, we are updating the status of Add the ability to ink on web page content to Planned for October. While we have implemented the beginnings of this feature and some users may have seen it in Canary starting last month, we expect more users will see this in both Canary and Dev throughout the rest of this month.

 

Phew, this was a lot to throw at you all! Have some thoughts about this? Let us know through the feedback tool by heading to the menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback. The team wants to know your suggestions and pain points. Until our next update!

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

(Download here)

Make Edge available on Linux

39 weeks

Planned for October

(Join the discussion)

Add the ability to ink on web page content

51 weeks

Planned for November

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

25 weeks

Planned for November

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

51 weeks

Planned for November

(Join the discussion)

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

61 weeks

Planned

Enable kiosk mode

New!

Planned

Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen

4 weeks

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

4 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

8 weeks

Planned

Enable vertical tabs feature

9 weeks

Planned

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

9 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

12 weeks

Planned

Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason

12 weeks

Planned

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

18 weeks

Planned

Edge launches with previous session’s tabs when “On startup” setting is set to “Open a new tab”

18 weeks

Planned

Add option to remove previous search terms from the New Tab Page’s search box auto-suggestion list 

19 weeks

Planned

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

23 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

24 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

28 weeks

Planned

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

33 weeks

Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

56 weeks

Planned

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

61 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

61 weeks

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

28 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

61 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

61 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

Not Planned
(Read the discussion)

Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame

43 weeks

Not Planned
(Read the discussion)

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

47 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. 

Alternative Planned - We don’t currently plan to directly address this feedback; however, we are working on addressing this in the form of a new feature.

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

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store
(Learn more
)

60 weeks

Oct 15, 2020

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

13 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

31 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

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

55 weeks

Sept 9, 2020

Provide different options for sorting favorites
(See the discussion)

51 weeks

Aug 11, 2020

Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge
(See the alternative)

50 weeks

Aug 5, 2020

Highlighter tool for PDF files

21 weeks

July 15, 2020

Mouse cursor sometimes disappears

(Read the discussion)

11 weeks

June 24, 2020

Support read aloud of PDF files

20 weeks

June 9, 2020

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

 

 

 

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Hello @MissyQ 

 

Big week
I'm looking forward to the history sync feature between devices

History sync, yay! and it's awesome to see Edge on Linux.

@MissyQ  Thanks! 

@MissyQ can you please add this https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/msedge_search-msedge_win10/quick-links-janua... to the list ?

 

#1 allowing both the user to manually input a quick link and edge to Edit/remove it without asking is a nonsense

#2 why only seven ??? who is the $ù%^*@] that can only count up to 7 ;) learn at least until 20 !

@MissyQ 

Excited about kiosk mode.

Speaking of Microsoft Edge for Linux, hope to see availability in Xbox, HoloLens and other devices too, as it has been discussed before.

 

@MissyQ 

It is good to see that the Top Feedback Summary list is getting short week by week as edge team is addressing the features but I am also looking for new suggestions from the Insider team to come into this list.

@TheShaunSaw  yes 

 

And here’s the list of top “quality areas” that we’re actively working on in response to your feedback: 

 

seems always the same

about 

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

 

just install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/double-click-closes-tab/megplcpdkmjjoondippkedoaidkeikcm now 

 

plus it depends where you click double. if we click on the page or directly on the tab. it's a big difference, because if you do on the page we get identical problem like with the extension (you close tabs when we don't want it, for example during modification of texts etc.). so we need to activate deactivate the extension continuosly, because during workflow 1 a double click is ok, during workflow 2 this is simply a ugly option.

 

double click on tab it's ok, but should be an option, not default. i still think close to left (like suggested) is much more important than a double click close tab. yes close left can be done via extension too...

 

EDIT: and you still need to go to tab bar before you need to click 2x. i think the best solution is to show a x once i click 2x on the page, so i just need to click this x to close the tab without need to move the mouse. maybe even an option double click not allowed for website x,y,z,....

@edgesuggestions 

Spoiler

@edgesuggestions wrote:

about 

In Discussion

(Join the discussion)

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

 

just install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/double-click-closes-tab/megplcpdkmjjoondippkedoaidkeikcm now 

 

plus it depends where you click double. if we click on the page or directly on the tab. it's a big difference, because if you do on the page we get identical problem like with the extension (you close tabs when we don't want it, for example during modification of texts etc.). so we need to activate deactivate the extension continuosly, because during workflow 1 a double click is ok, during workflow 2 this is simply a ugly option.

 

double click on tab it's ok, but should be an option, not default. i still think close to left (like suggested) is much more important than a double click close tab. yes close left can be done via extension too...

 

EDIT: and you still need to go to tab bar before you need to click 2x. i think the best solution is to show a x once i click 2x on the page, so i just need to click this x to close the tab without need to move the mouse. maybe even an option double click not allowed for website x,y,z,....


That's how Edge works already. if having lots of tabs, the X mark is not shown by default, so you actually close them by double clicking on each tab.

 

 

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@MissyQw truly need the sync feature...but nice that edge is on linux!

I'm thinking if we can build a edge os like chrome os?

@zuxuan_lin  we already have Windows.

Glad to see syncing is back with a concrete date for Canary.

Here's to hoping we'll see it in stable before year's end.

@MissyQ  Would you please support more Linux distros like Arch, Gentoo, Alpine Linux and Raspberry Pi 32/64 bit?

There are also many Arch users and Raspberry Pi users in the world. Also, Raspberry Pi is also widely used.

It is definitely a bad idea for Microsoft to only offer deb and rpm packages. 

Thank you.

 

i think they won't do it (if they do it one day) before they have migrated edge user and finished their campaign to seduce new user, because if they open source too soon (if they do it) other might juste copy their fonction.
Chromium is already open source which is a big part of Edge browser

@DavidH0  Open source kills competition. If it was not for open source software we would still have various companies maintaining their browser engines. The lure of shared advantages is how just company,  Google,  has all the power to make any meaningful changes to the internet in general.

 

Put it another way, chromium in open source but how many of the forks ended up being as good as the new edge is today? None. Good software requires investment and return on investment comes when only you have the advantage. That's how capitalism works.

 

Hopefully, once the PWAs are sorted out, we'll again have some companies investing in their proprietary engines with their own special architecture. 

why need opensource, if we already have 4 different edge browser (for FREE, we need to remember!) and there are at least 40+ chromium based browser in the world. if there is no enough choice, i think you need to first start to search "browser mac" in google. even me with over 100 profiles i don't have any problem to manage it over different browsers. 

I am running Version 88.0.673.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit) and it is really slow to load webpages and exit