Sep 15 2020 01:07 PM - edited Sep 23 2020 12:15 PM
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 |
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 |
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 |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
56 weeks |
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
54 weeks |
In 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 |
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 run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
55 weeks |
Sept 9, 2020 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Sep 17 2020 02:21 PM
Sep 18 2020 12:01 AM
You didn't read any replies in here right?
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/importing-firefox-history-amp-passwords/m-p/13990...
And people are complaining everywhere.
Just because it's mistakenly/coincidentally works for you doesn't mean it works 100% and fully functional and anyone that doesn't work with him is an idiot.
Sep 18 2020 01:56 AM
@Omar-Os wrote:You didn't read any replies in here right?
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/importing-firefox-history-amp-passwords/m-p/13990...
And people are complaining everywhere.
Just because it's mistakenly/coincidentally works for you doesn't mean it works 100% and fully functional and anyone that doesn't work with him is an idiot.
Mistakenly / coincidentally Lol
Oh and I do read the replies, maybe you don't?
"It seems like there's something happening in relation the specific devices that you've attempted this on, as most other users are now reportedly able to import data from Firefox just fine."
Sep 18 2020 02:36 AM
@HotCakeX
Are you sure you read everything?
Historically we have had issues with recognizing the profile paths for non standard installations (policy driven installs, portable installs etc) so it was better for me to ask. But yes, this would be our bug and not FFs. I have taken a bug on this in our roadmap.
Sep 18 2020 07:05 AM
Watch this carefully
Import from Firefox to Edge works fine and perfectly, without issue, that's the proof.
if you don't know how to import your data properly, please use that video to do it the correct way.
most recent version of Edge, Firefox and Windows 10, all stable.
Sep 18 2020 07:37 AM - edited Sep 18 2020 07:41 AM
@HotCakeX
Useless.
I replied to you already on the other thread.
I would have stopped replying to you a while ago by now but I just LOVE to keep spamming this thread with this subject so they "MAY" take this seriously at some point.
Sep 18 2020 07:40 AM
Sep 18 2020 07:45 AM
@HotCakeX
I'm NOT recording a video for all this again just to proof to YOU that I'm not lying, They know I'm right. And it's NONE of your business anyway.
Sep 18 2020 07:48 AM
Well without a proof to show how you do the process and what errors you are receiving, what version of browser you are using, what Windows version you are on, it's hard to pinpoint the exact issue you are having.
there is no reason to be rude or hostile.
Sep 18 2020 07:57 AM
@HotCakeX
Again, I already sent them everything they wanted everywhere several times!
So again, it's none of your business.
Sep 18 2020 08:03 AM
You shouldn't be telling members "it's none of your business", everyone has the right to comment.
if you already sent them everything, then you don't have to mention it that you are having problem in the thread, because like you said, they already know it.
but when someone says it's working and shows you proof, and you keep saying it doesn't and refuse to show proof and in the end tell them "it's none of your business". honestly...not so polite.
Sep 18 2020 10:52 AM - edited Sep 18 2020 10:56 AM
Hi @MissyQ
You cannot imagine my facial expression when I saw "Add dictionary in PDF" planned.
It's the main reason that keeps Legacy Edge installed on my Surface Pro.
What I need in my lovely Edge's PDF reader are the following:
These features will help me in studying my PDFs specifically during my ONLINE courses.
Thank you Microsoft for providing me such useful tools.
Sep 18 2020 12:31 PM
@HotCakeX
They have proof, a lot of it (Sent by me)
And you are not from Microsoft team or Edge team.
Therefore, it's none of your business.
And this is me being very very polite.. so far.
Sep 18 2020 11:15 PM
Well you deleted your post that you were asking for help in the thread. but remember, this is public community, you can't tell people not to comment and it's none of their business.
so far Edge is working fine in regard to importing data from Firefox. if it's not working for you, try reinstalling Firefox, Edge or your Windows installation, data might be corrupted.
Sep 19 2020 12:22 AM
@HotCakeX
I didn't delete anything anywhere.
Sep 19 2020 12:38 AM
Seriously?...
this user is replying to you and mention your name as well.
because you first posted a comment (now deleted) that you have problem with Firefox import and complained, he suggested the same thing I did.
Sep 19 2020 01:13 AM
Can you please provide more flags in edge mobile? and more information regarding Edge mobile?
Thank you
Sep 19 2020 02:20 AM - edited Sep 19 2020 02:21 AM
@HotCakeX
Ah the admins removed it and they sent me a message about it.
Funny they felt offended when I said the truth "Which is they don't do their job" and sent me a message immediately.
But when I submit a lot of issues over the past year nothing actually happens at all, not even replies!
But thanks for the heads up because I'm going to post it again.
Sep 19 2020 02:29 AM
@Omar-Os of course, why not, If I'm in their place I would have felt offended too and by the way it's not "Funny".
Sep 19 2020 02:38 AM
@Omar-Os wrote:@HotCakeX
Ah the admins removed it and they sent me a message about it.
Funny they felt offended when I said the truth "Which is they don't do their job" and sent me a message immediately.
But when I submit a lot of issues over the past year nothing actually happens at all, not even replies!
But thanks for the heads up because I'm going to post it again.
You're welcome..