Top Feedback Summary for September 1

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! The PDF scrolling improvements we talked about last week are now turned on by default! If you use PDFs in our Canary or Dev channels, try out scrolling to see how you like the changes. Remember, this is just our first step in improving scrolling in PDFs. As mentioned, this is considered a quality area that we will continuously work on, so let us know your thoughts by sending us feedback directly through the browser via the menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback.

 

This week, we are happy to announce that we now expect the ability to ink on web page content to appear in Canary starting in September. We are not only updating the status from Planned to Planned in September, but we’re also updating the feedback to be more clear. Starting this week, you will see we’re tracking Add the ability to ink on web pages as Add the ability to ink on web page content.

 

Additionally, we’re moving Restore tabs if Edge or the OS is restarted for any reason from Under Review to Planned! While we don’t have a timeframe on when you should see changes in Canary, you will see any updates we have to this item here first.

 

That’s it for this week! As is the case with all items on this list, if there’s no update we have nothing to share at this time. Any updates we have will be communicated in these posts, so be sure to check back here weekly to see the status of your top feedback.

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for September

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

18 weeks

Planned for September

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

29 weeks

Planned for September

(Join the discussion)

Add the ability to ink on web page content

44 weeks

Planned for Summer

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

43 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

1 week

Planned

Enable vertical tabs feature

2 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

5 weeks

Planned

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

5 weeks

Planned

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

11 weeks

Planned

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

11 weeks

Planned

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

11 weeks

Planned

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

12 weeks

Planned

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

16 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

17 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

21 weeks

Planned

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

26 weeks

Planned

Make Edge available on Linux

32 weeks

Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

49 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

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

54 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

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

54 weeks

Planned

(Learn more)

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store

54 weeks

Planned

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

54 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

54 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

52 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

54 weeks

Under Review

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

2 weeks

Under Review

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

21 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

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

 

 

 

16 Replies

@MissyQ 

Thanks for the update! I am very happy to see the inking of web pages coming so soon. I had a question that why is it named as inking on web page content, does it mean we can only ink on the contents of the webpage and not anywhere on the webpage as we did on Legacy Edge?

 

As I and someone else who I don't remember raised this issue earlier, why is the sync of browsing history between devices still in the status of "Planned for Summer", I think that US, UK and many other countries in the northern hemisphere are in Summer for more than two months but still not yet any specific update is given on it so should we start thinking now that this feature would be coming in Summer 2021?

Inking on web pages is great, specially when integrated with OneNote.

Add more color to the icons in edge. Most of the current icons look like the old UI from Windows 8 and are not up to date with the fluent UI. Just by adding color to the icons will help

@MissyQ 

I am still seeing funny things happening with my Favorites. Some of them are getting duplicated nd so then I have to manually delete them. I don't know how they are getting duplicated by its annoying when I have to delete them.

Can we get an in-depth timeline of when to expect edge on Linux? Also, consider adding edge to chrome os.

@MissyQ 

If I'm on a browser that is using chromium I shouldn't see on google.com to switch to Chrome since Edge and Chrome both run off of chromium. Fix it so that it doesn't say switch to Chrome or when on Chrome and using Bing it should say Switch to Edge. @MissyQ 

@ethanmenzel That popup is through Google. The Edge team cannot fix it. They want you to use Chrome, not even Chromium based browser.

Something is wrong with the scrolling. When scroll a webpage with my laptop's touchpad, the webpage scrolls really really slow, but while using a mouse, everything works fine. Before today's update, scrolling was working fine.

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scroll bar in dark mode should be dark in Microsoft edge.

 

@MissyQ 

@MissyQ 

Thank you for update, many people are asking for "Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window" feature. Especially those who migrate from legacy Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer and they are really missing this feature. May I request to consider this feature with higher priority?

@ethanmenzel 


@ethanmenzel wrote:

If I'm on a browser that is using chromium I shouldn't see on google.com to switch to Chrome since Edge and Chrome both run off of chromium. Fix it so that it doesn't say switch to Chrome or when on Chrome and using Bing it should say Switch to Edge. @MissyQ 


google is doing that intentionally, on purpose. it's advertisement tactic that has opposite effect because makes me hate google. I'm using Bing anyway but yeah you gotta mention it in a google forum or use adblocker like ublock origin to remove that piece of banner. they don't care if your underlying browser's engine is chromium or not, if it's not google chrome, you gotta be bothered with that banner.

it happen to me
today right now

If edge quits without the user pressing the x button by a restart automatic close or something else edge should automatically ask if you want to reopen the pages since edge was closed by accident just like chrome has.@MissyQ 

@MissyQ  Edge keeps refreshing tabs if left unattended for a while which undo the progress which is annoying. At least we should have a option to enable/disable auto refresh. Is there any tweak available now?

The possibility to pin Favorites to the left or right in the new chromium Edge is a must for me, but I cannot find this in the list of planned changes or discussions.