Sep 01 2020 10:54 AM - edited Sep 09 2020 10:59 AM
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 |
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 |
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 |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
54 weeks |
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
52 weeks |
In 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 |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
43 weeks |
Not Planned |
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:
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
51 weeks |
Aug 11, 2020 |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
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 |
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Show favorites bar only on the new tab page |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Bring back reading view |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Sync data with my work or school account |
Addressed before these posts started |
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Sep 01 2020 11:10 AM
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?
Sep 01 2020 02:27 PM
Sep 01 2020 02:32 PM
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
Sep 01 2020 02:35 PM
Sep 01 2020 02:40 PM
Can we get an in-depth timeline of when to expect edge on Linux? Also, consider adding edge to chrome os.
Sep 01 2020 02:46 PM
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
Sep 02 2020 12:49 AM
@ethanmenzel That popup is through Google. The Edge team cannot fix it. They want you to use Chrome, not even Chromium based browser.
Sep 02 2020 03:00 AM
Sep 02 2020 08:00 AM
Sep 02 2020 08:17 AM
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?
Sep 03 2020 07:26 AM - edited Sep 03 2020 07:28 AM
@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.
Sep 04 2020 10:29 AM
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
Sep 06 2020 07:30 AM
@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?
Sep 09 2020 05:48 AM
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.