Top Feedback Summary for September 15

Microsoft

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

 

Why, hello there, Insiders! This week, we’re going to close out a couple of items now that they are fully into our Dev channel. Let’s get into those details!

 

First up, we introduced a password generator into our Dev channel with last week’s update, so we are marking Enable automatic generation of strong passwords as Addressed. When you go to a website that wants you to create a new account in either our Canary or Dev channels, you will now see the option to create a strong password via the browser.

 

Additionally, in line with our PDF Roadmap, we’ve implemented the ability to navigate PDFs via a table of contents. To use this feature, click on the Table of Contents icon on the top left side of the PDF toolbar to open a pane containing a list of the different sections within your document, then click on any item in the list to quickly navigate to that section in the document. With that, we’re also marking Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents as Addressed this week.

 

We still want to know your thoughts! Is there something you see with these new features that you feel can be improved? Let us know by submitting feedback directly through the browser via the menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback (or, if you’re on mobile, by tapping the button and scrolling to Send feedback).

 

Here’s this week’s updated list:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Addressed

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

13 weeks

Addressed

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

31 weeks

Planned for September

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

20 weeks

Planned for September

(Join the discussion)

Add the ability to ink on web page content

46 weeks

Planned for Summer

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

46 weeks

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

3 weeks

Planned

Enable vertical tabs feature

4 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

7 weeks

Planned

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

7 weeks

Planned

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

13 weeks

Planned

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

13 weeks

Planned

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

14 weeks

Planned

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

18 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

19 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

23 weeks

Planned

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

28 weeks

Planned

Make Edge available on Linux

34 weeks

Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

51 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

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

56 weeks

Planned

(Learn more)

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store

56 weeks

Planned

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

56 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

56 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

54 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

56 weeks

Under Review

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

4 weeks

Under Review

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

23 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 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

 

 

 

48 Replies
Hi, just wanted to ask when is the History sync going to be added to Edge? Summer is almost over, at least in the northern hemisphere.

Been using vertical tabs for weeks now. On my laptop with 125% scale and layout setting I am not sure I will stop hovering over to tab strip and accidently expanding it. I want the ability to have it on the right side. There is no other way around this. I will never get used to vertical tabs on the left side of the screen. I feel like I am being forced to write with my left hand.

Good idea, I'd like the ability to move it left/right as well. if we put it on the right side, collections panel can be opened on the left side, and vice versa.

@Omar-Os For me it offers to import Firefox data

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I was using other browsers and I know that Firefox is kinda messy with profiles as some browsers ask me which profile I want to import even tho I use only one, it offers 3! Maybe try to refresh your profile as Firefox recommends this step for various issues people encounter. Try to go about:support in Firefox and click here:

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Or if you sync your Firefox data using Firefox sync, you can close Firefox and manually delete folders AppData/Local/Firefox and AppData/Roaming/Firefox.

 

@MissyQ Detailed roadmap is awesome!
Is there any way to part in vertical tabs? As I see a lot of people using this feature and sharing their quite enjoyable experience for weeks...

Can we get smoother pen inking in pdf viewer in edge and get the ability to undo and redo pen inking in pdf's within edge.@MissyQ 

@altean 
Thanks for the reply, but this is Edge's problem not Firefox and they admitted it.
And certainly I won't refresh Firefox in over 30 machines and loose all of their data so it actually won't work in the end again because I tried it before.
It's just easier to stick with Firefox until they can fix Edge or until they learn how to fix it or until they care enough to fix it 🤷🏻‍
Firefox is still the most superior browser so far so I'm not in a hurry.

Firefox import works Fine. just tried it.

Edge: Version 86.0.622.15 (Official build) beta (64-bit)
Firefox: 81 Beta

it did also work fine in the previous versions. which versions are you using?

@HotCakeX 
Every version and edition of both in the past year and a half.
Read all the replies in here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/importing-firefox-history-amp-passwords/m-p/80205...

It works for me, something must be wrong on your end then that you have to look into.
It's been working fine for me and it is still working fine. changed my OS multiple times in the process too to different versions and still the result was the same.

your Firefox data might be corrupted, do a refresh and clean reinstallation.
to really test it, clean install Windows 10 on a machine, virtual or not, then install Firefox and Edge, do the import, it will work. if it doesn't work in that new clean environment, record a quick video of the process and the error you get and post it here.

@MissyQ 

 

Hi, looks to be another good update. I'm hoping for a further roll out of the Web Capture tool, is there any plans on that happening?

@HotCakeX 
Yeah the problem is from my "30 ends" with all different windows versions and editions and different Firefox versions and editions and different Edge versions and editions over the past 1.5 years of testing.. very funny. Not to mention that I'm an IT Engineer.

I've posted a lot of details and proofs that it doesn't work here and by email but they just don't care.

@Omar-Os  @MissyQ @josh_bodner \

 

That's true.

Well it's working for me and has been since the last year. it's a proof that it does work. like I said in my comment, to prove it doesn't work, try that.

 

p.s I didn't ask you about your job.

@HotCakeX 
Well, it's NOT working with me in the past 1.5 years in dozens of machines and dozens of setups and browsers editions and versions, which is a proof that it doesn't work in most cases, and by most cases I mean +90% of cases, and I'm not the only one who complains about this.

I simply won't use Edge on my main PC and laptop if importing Firefox didn't work.. I have several extensions and around 1000 bookmarks and hundreds of login info and years of browsing history (God knows how much they)
It's not like I can just simply use Edge from scratch! I need every single thing from what I just mentioned.

So what you're saying is that you know it will work on a brand new machine, it only doesn't work on Your machine with data on it because it's somehow old, might even be corrupted or has some issues that you're not aware of.
well sometimes things do get corrupted. if your Firefox has sync on, all of data can be returned once you install it on a new Windows or machine.
my Windows 10 installation is about 6 months old and the import between Firefox and Edge works.
of course I don't have "years" of history because that alone is a security risk, plus that slows down the system and Firefox itself.

@HotCakeX 
-It doesn't work on new machines or old machines, fresh Windows and browsers installed or not.
-No, my data isn't corrupted.
-I have Sync On but I don't want to risk it because login info and history never becomes the same after restoring them, also sometime it might sync that I refreshed my Firefox so it will save that I removed anything... So NO thank you so much, it's Edge's/Chromium's problem anyway.

Then how do you explain that it's working fine for me and has been working fine?

because it's clearly NOT Edge's problem.

@HotCakeX 
And how do you explain that it doesn't work for dozens of machines for me and for other people???
They already confirmed that it's Edge's problem, just not sure if they are going to fix it this year or 10 years later...