Oct 29 2019 10:37 AM - edited Nov 04 2019 06:06 AM
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hey everyone, we have a lot to cover today!
First, after some consideration we believe the feedback requesting a home button has been addressed. In part this is because a home button option has always been a part of Chromium and has been available in the insider channels from the start. To enable this option, just open the Settings and more (…) menu, choose Settings, and then choose Appearance from the left pane. Toggle the Show home button option and specify which page you’d like to open. However, we wouldn’t get this feedback if we didn’t have some kind of discoverability issue. Rather than just turn the home button on by default, we think most users who want a home button in the new Microsoft Edge were those accustomed to having one in their existing browser. For these users, we now import the home button setting from other browsers when you install an insider channel. Those who used to have the home button will have the home button in Microsoft Edge by default. Of course we can’t be sure we’re thinking about all possible angles here, so we’d like to hear from you on this topic. We’ve started a discussion thread here in the forum and we’d love to hear from you.
We have heard similar feedback about the need for the ability to sort favorites by name. Like the home button, this option is available, but it may be hard to find. To sort favorites, open the Settings and more (…) menu and choose Favorites then Manage favorites. Use the left pane to find a folder of favorites you’d like to sort. Then right click on any empty space around the list of favorites, on the right side of the screen. You will see an option Sort by name in the menu that appears. We are planning to make this more discoverable, but we’d like to get your ideas first. We’ve posted a discussion thread and invite you to stop by and join the conversation.
Another topic we’d like to discuss with you are some of the download options we’ve seen requested a lot, such as “run”, “open”, “save”, and “save as”. We’ve got some questions for the community as we decide how to approach this feedback. If you’re interested in this topic, please head over to the discussion thread and let us know what you think.
Also, we’ve heard the request for theme support, and specifically to support themes from the Chrome Web Store, just like we support traditional extensions. We’re happy to let you know that we are working on this. It’s not without challenges though, so we don’t know yet when we’ll be able to get it up and running. In the meantime, we’d love to talk to you about how you think about themes and what you use them for. We’ve started a discussion thread on this topic. Stop by and help shape the future of this feature area!
Finally, this week we have two new top requests and two schedule delays:
Here is the full updated list of top feedback:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed (Join the discussion) |
Improve discoverability of the home button since some users are asking for it. |
8 weeks |
Planned for November (Previously October) |
A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line |
10 weeks |
Planned for November (Previously October) |
Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page |
10 weeks |
Planned for November |
Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile |
10 weeks |
Planned for November |
Enable search in the extensions store |
10 weeks |
Planned |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
10 weeks |
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
10 weeks |
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
10 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide an option to add a share button to the tool bar |
New! |
Under Review |
Add the ability to ink on web pages |
New! |
Under Review |
Bring the OneNote Web Clipper to the Microsoft Edge extensions store |
3 weeks |
Under Review |
Opening a new tab is too slow |
5 weeks |
Under Review |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
5 weeks |
Under Review |
Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
6 weeks |
Under Review |
Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page |
8 weeks |
Under Review |
Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead |
8 weeks |
Under Review |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
8 weeks |
Under Review |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
10 weeks |
Under Review |
Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account |
10 weeks |
Quality Area |
Bring more extensions to the extensions store |
7 weeks |
Quality Area |
Edge should use less memory than it does |
8 weeks |
Quality Area |
Edge should use less CPU than it does |
10 weeks |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages |
10 weeks |
Quality Area |
Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files |
10 weeks |
Quality Area |
Update does not always work reliably |
10 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.
Oct 30 2019 02:19 PM - edited Oct 30 2019 02:21 PM
@matsmcp wrote:
Environment friendly feedback - aka recycled since none of it has been done and is blocking for a browser change
1. Google integration - No thanks. I value privacy - not Google profit
2. Fix the favorites icon - it's still the wrong one
3. Add these buttons to the favorites menu
3. prevent mouse button hijacking
4. Fix Epub
We already talked about this that the favorites button is the correct one. you need to update your Windows 10 to see the changes.
This is the correct favorites button, not the one in your screenshot, it belongs to very old Edge classic version
Epub also doesn't need fixing, they already said it's going to be dropped from classic Edge and there is no plan to even add it to the new Edge.
About mouse hijacking, do you have any websites as an example that actually hijack your mouse?
Oct 30 2019 02:24 PM
Oct 30 2019 06:09 PM
One of the areas of concern from an Enterprise/ business point of view is the inability to switch off Microsoft news feed from the home page.
Without this option, we would never allow Edge as a browser as the news feed is productivity counter productive.
Oct 31 2019 12:46 AM
Hi,
you can enforce these settings using group policy
see, you'll get a clean new tab page. soon you will be able to set a custom background for the new tab page as well.
Oct 31 2019 05:18 AM
Nov 01 2019 03:15 AM
@archtech
Hi,
Tab thumbnails is supposedly, allegedly coming, but, don't quote me on this, as the saying goes; and I don't have a timeline for it.
Oh and speaking of Timeline That one I can answer. It will be when Edge C replaces current Edge in the OS.
It can only be had with the betas by adding extensions, although, none I tried seemed to work all that well.
Cheers,
Drew
Nov 01 2019 05:01 AM
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Nov 02 2019 08:51 AM
@David Rubino Hi, any chance we could get the option to hide the profile button? I find it takes up unnecessary space...
Nov 02 2019 09:59 AM
These are the errors I'm getting when trying to navigate through Instagram help page
Version 80.0.320.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Nov 03 2019 01:18 AM
@David Rubino Do you plan to add video pop-up feature?
Nov 07 2019 03:09 AM
Nov 07 2019 04:39 AM