Top feedback summary for September 17

[David Rubino]

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

Hey everyone, here is this week’s update to the top feedback list. Today I’d like to call out two topics which have been addressed:

• We fixed a bug where some website consent was being flipped upside down after switching tabs. The issue was with HTML <canvas> elements, and led to some amusing outcomes like upside down Bing maps.
• We’ve also addressed reports that the sign-in profile picture can become stale, not updating in Microsoft Edge when it’s updated on your MSA profile. This should be resolved now, and you should see profile picture updates within a day.

Thanks for all the great feedback, and do keep it coming!

Here is the updated list of top feedback:

Status	Feedback	On this list for
Addressed	Website elements are being flipped upside down when switching between tabs	1 week
Addressed	Sign-in profile picture is not always kept up to date	4 weeks
Planned for September	Show the New Tab Page in dark theme when the browser is in dark theme	4 weeks
Planned for September	Add the ability to turn off the news feed on the new tab page	4 weeks
Planned for September	Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website	4 weeks
Planned for September	A round of improvements to scrolling experience, with more (including performance) to come down the line	4 weeks
Planned for October	Inking for PDF files	4 weeks
Planned for October	Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile	4 weeks
Planned for October	Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo	4 weeks
Planned for October	ClickOnce deployment of Windows applications from web pages	4 weeks
Planned for November	Enable search in the extensions store	4 weeks
Under Review	Support mouse gestures for common actions like navigation and tab close	New!
Under Review	Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame	New!
Under Review	Add the ability to change the location for news content on the new tab page	2 weeks
Under Review	Some users are asking for a home button in Edge. Since we already have one, we could improve discoverability or just enable it by default.	2 weeks
Under Review	Touchpad two-finger scrolling is sometimes triggering a right click instead	2 weeks
Under Review	The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome	2 weeks
Under Review	Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page	4 weeks
Under Review	Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers	4 weeks
Under Review	Provide the ability to change the title of tiles on the new tab page	4 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	4 weeks
Under Review	Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	4 weeks
Under Review	Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	4 weeks
Under Review	Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge	4 weeks
Under Review	Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page	4 weeks
Under Review	Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System	4 weeks
Under Review	Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge	4 weeks
Under Review	Support themes from the Chrome Web Store	4 weeks
Under Review	Allow sign-in to the browser with a Google account	4 weeks
Under Review	Provide different options for sorting favorites	4 weeks
Under Review	Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files	4 weeks
Quality Area	Bring more extensions to the extensions store	2 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less memory than it does	4 weeks
Quality Area	Edge should use less CPU than it does	4 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for web pages	4 weeks
Quality Area	Scrolling should feel smoother for PDF files	4 weeks
Quality Area	Update does not always work reliably	4 weeks

Definitions:

Addressed – Feedback is addressed in current Canary builds.

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

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. 

[#2]

@David Rubino

Could someone look into why the Last Pass extension doesn't work in the Dev channel browser?  It is really frustrating since that is my password manager.  It may be a LastPass thing and so its on them to fix it but if it is an Edge thing perhaps someone could take a look? 

[#3]

@briancuster 

I haven't installed LastPass extension but the credential manager that comes with Edge Dev browser is not working properly as well. I can type in the correct password but be informed not correct until I continue to retype, retype and then it is finally accepted. 

So, what is the problem, the browser or website???

[#4]

@briancuster 

Hi, I am using the LastPass extension with the dev channel and have no problems so it may not be a wide spread problem. -Giles

[#5]

I think they should add google sign-in, just because there are many people using google account.

[#6]

I noticed scrolling has changed recently on the Dev and Canary builds but not the Beta. It is smoother, but I honestly liked the previous scrolling better, especially when using the page up and down keys.  It now takes longer for the page to jump when using those keys. It would be nice to revert the scrolling behavior or to have a slider to reduce the smoothness by a bit.

Edit: I do like the scrolling on classic Edge though, it's similar but slightly "faster". An exact replication of that would also be great

[#7]

I really hope for "Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge" It's much better than Chromiums way of opening a new tab.

"Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge" That would be nice. Collections kind of work like this feature but I still think there are some different use cases. Collections is an organized launch of websites and organize favourites in some way and better than using Favourites to save things. Set Aside is content from your last session is saved. I use that currently in the way of opening Task Manager and force closing Edge so the crash feature built into Chromium will ask me if I reopen my last sessions.

"Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge" This is just nice and convenient. Will this include the option to always show the webpages of tabs open like in EDGEHTML?

@David Rubino 

[#8]

"Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge" Yes. This was nice for articles and things. Maybe even allow reading pages to be added to collections too.

"The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome" No! That would make it worse for touch users and may make it harder to read text on larger or smaller screens. I don't know how much smaller you would have to make it anways to gain a significant amount of content on the Webpage. A few 2-40 pixels won't change much.

@David Rubino 

[#9]

@Deleted 

Hi,

you can turn off smooth scrolling via a flag in edge://flags/

Smooth Scrolling

Animate smoothly when scrolling page content. – Windows

#smooth-scrolling

[#10]

I think to bring Cortana to Edge is a good idea. People who're using windows 7 can use Cortana without updating to windows 10.

P/s: I'm still like windows 7 than windows 10 just coz it's easier to use

[#11]

@Kiven @David Rubino 

Please!  That's one if the biggest things that I hate about Chrome.  Some of us like to organize our downloads when we download them as opposed to a separate step afterward.

Scott

[#12]

Yeah I think they should add this too.

[#13]

Oh if you're on Windows 7 you Won't be able to use Cortana feature in Edge insider. the integration does not mean that they are going to embed the whole Cortana program into the browser. the browser sends and calls commands from/to Cortana app inside Windows 10.

[#14]

oh dear...

[#15]

Yeah but don't worry, just switch to Windows 10 and you will be good to go with Cortana and everything ^^
the end of life for Windows 7 is January 2020, that's 11 years of service :)

[#16]

I'm using Dell E6420, so that means i can upgrade?

[#17]

Can't agree anymore

Maybe here also add a "download with ..." option to use third-party software downloads

[#18]

Oh of course!
I have a similar laptop with the same hardware specs from Sony. It initially had Windows 7 home on it and the company didn't even bother to give us support or drivers for Windows 8 or 8.1. (not surprised though, that's typical sony..)
anyway, that didn't stop me of course. I installed 8, 8.1, 10 on my laptop as those OSes came out. the drivers weren't a problem, Windows update automatically took care of everything. now the same laptop (with i5 CPU, 4GB RAM DDR3, 320GB HDD and Radeon GPU), is running latest Windows 10 version 1903 flawlessly. all of the components are working fine, the bluetooth, WIFI, card reader etc.

but remember if you decide to upgrade, do a clean install. so download or create an ISO file and put it into a USB disk, boot from it and install your OS. doing this will require you to format your C:/ drive in order to install a fresh Windows 10, so make sure you backup all your important files in that drive before start.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[#19]

@RScottHerron 

Can't agree anymore

Maybe here also add a "download with ..." option to use third-party software downloads

[#20]

I agree with "Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files". It's so convenience for the people who like me. I hate to move files because it take me a long time!

[#21]

And it also makes more sense. incognito windows are per profile and are NOT another profile unlike guest mode.