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!
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:
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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.
1. Can we vet verticle tabs on the left and the right. At the current moment, it is only available on the left.
2. Can we get the option to sign in with touch id/fingerprint reader/ windows Hello within Edge. Safari already has it and I think it would be a great feature to snag for edge
3. I've said this many times to people at the edge but can we get a video recorder for the web similar to the web capture but for videos.
4. Possibly making the look and feel of edges like internet explorer where you get two search bars on for searching and one for the website link and then underneath is the tabs like a safari. In the current/chrome edge it tabs and then the search bar while in internet explorer and safari it is website link then tabs which looks a little more cleaner
5. Bigger and rounder forward and backward buttons like in internet explorer.
6. The close all tabs popup like internet explorer has.
7. When redirecting to edge from another app don't open edge alongside the default landing page. Only open edge with the redirected website link.
@DavidH0 You can get Edge from unofficial AUR of Arch Linux. As for Gentoo, there is a possibility to make Microsoft Edge an AppImage to work on any Linux distribution. Just run the commands:
@DavidH0 Microsoft did not release yet the official ARM version of Edge for macOS Big Sur and Raspberry Pi, but released the ARM version for Surface Pro.
Hello @MissyQ, there is a bug in Microsoft Edge on Linux:
- Try to install the official extension of Microsoft called Microsoft Editor: Spelling and Grammar Checker.
- It will fail and will push one of extensions out of the hidden menu.
@gusbemacbe Thank you so much for calling this out! I've let the team know and they are currently investigating. I'll follow up once I know more from the team. :)
@Daniel00000 If you are submitting feedback via the browser (... menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback), that's how items end up on this list. Since this is "top" feedback, we add items as they gather traction or as features gather more support from the community (such as vertical tabs, which was added based on user request on these forums). Let me know if this helps!
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers) Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
I don't know if this would work but someone correct me or give input. Just a suggestion.
I like how verticle tabs are at the moment and if you add tab preview to the verticle tabs it would make it even better but since verticle tabs is a thing now on edge I think we could make horizontal tabs even better. I like on verticle tabs you get the ability to press the pin icon to see the entire tab with the icon and text like in the horizontal tabs. Essentially the same in verticle and horizontal tabs. What I think could make horizontal tabs even better is the ability to have the text and only show the icon like in verticle tabs. It would be nice to make verticle tabs and horizontal tabs essentially the same thing but vertically or horizontal with the same features if possible.
I'm thinking maybe in horizontal tabs we show only the icons as default and then when you hover over the tab it expands to show the text like in verticle tabs and we add a little pin or some icon button to make the sabs always show the icon and the text.
