Sep 17 2019 11:25 AM - edited Sep 24 2019 01:57 PM
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:
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.
Sep 22 2019 10:19 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:20 AM - edited Sep 22 2019 10:21 AM
I never see that in the Feedback Hub. In fact, the Feedback Hub is the worst. Generally, GitHub is my preferred method of providing feedback.
Sep 22 2019 10:23 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:24 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:25 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:26 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:29 AM
Sep 22 2019 10:37 AM
@pneenkoalabear wrote:
Why do you need reading list? Why not use bookmarks/favourites?
Reading List saves articles offline so that you can read them on the move. So, if you read something interesting on your laptop at home, you can add it to the reading list and continue reading it when you’re on the train, even without an internet connection.
When logged into a Microsoft account it also means that you can sync your Reading List to other Windows 10 devices, such as a Windows 10 Mobile, so you can read it on the move too.
Sep 22 2019 10:40 AM
@yellowdogvn wrote:
I think they should add google sign-in, just because there are many people using google account.
I could say the same about Microsoft account or Facebook account. Facebook has 2 Billions users in the world. so should Microsoft add Facebook login to the Edge browser?
there is absolutely no need for google sign in. google users, if they don't have Microsoft account, can create one with their google account. they don't even need to create a new email address to have a Microsoft account.
Microsoft has already made it super easy for everyone to enjoy their products.
Sep 22 2019 10:41 AM
Exactly.
let Google first add Microsoft sign-in to their Chrome browser. I bet they don't even consider it.
Sep 22 2019 10:46 AM
@goodddayy99 wrote:Can the edge team please make the InPrivate icon look like how it was in old edge and internet explorer by making it blue? It's more appealing and less dull if it was like how old edge and internet explorer was like.
I wish it was possible to create multiple InPrivate sessions, each session separate from the others, so we could use different logins in websites without them communicating with each other. each InPrivate mode session could have a different color. blue, purple, green etc.
there are extensions that manage logins and sessions but it would be great to build this into the browser. it's not gonna make it heavy or anything, the technology is already there, just needs a little modification.
all the tabs inside an InPrivate window would be part of the same session and share cookies but different InPrivate windows would not be able to communicate with each other and each would have separate sessions and cookies.
Sep 22 2019 11:04 AM
@pneenkoalabear wrote:I never see that in the Feedback Hub. In fact, the Feedback Hub is the worst. Generally, GitHub is my preferred method of providing feedback.
I know that Feedback Hub and Github are both for Microsoft, but Github is not used mostly for feedbacks, and it only covers open source programs. Windows however is not open source, Feedback hub plays a great role in Windows insider program. I can't imagine Insider program without Feedback hub app, a place to post bugs and the app can record and allow us to recreate the problem to attach the diagnostic to the Feedback.
also now Feedback Hub app offers language translation so users with other main language than English can help translate new Windows feature texts to their own language, or fix a translation error.
Sep 22 2019 08:17 PM
Sep 23 2019 08:45 AM - edited Sep 23 2019 08:51 AM
Enable Microsoft account login from the browser web page (instead of/ in addition to using windows 10 UI ), just like chrome does for google login.
at work all Microsoft account login is blocked by the company's group policy, and hence I am unable to use login to browser at all at my work.
Sep 23 2019 12:09 PM
Sep 23 2019 12:27 PM
@AmithGowda wrote:Enable Microsoft account login from the browser web page (instead of/ in addition to using windows 10 UI ), just like chrome does for google login.
at work all Microsoft account login is blocked by the company's group policy, and hence I am unable to use login to browser at all at my work.
Hmm, how does one use Microsoft products and then block Microsoft access on them?!
which group policy even does that?
Sep 23 2019 02:56 PM
@HotCakeX Not everyone likes Win10. ;)
I've been on Win7 Ultimate since it was released, and I like the ability to schedule my Windows Updates for when I know I will be asleep, and I like the colored icons in the Win7 user interface. When I did move up to Win10 (during the "free upgrade" period), Windows Update would run whenever the h*** it wanted (just because I went afk for 5 minutes did not mean I intended to be offline for 30 minutes!), which meant it was rebooting when I still had unsaved data in a program. Plus the Win10 user interface is too blocky, its icons too easily confusable for those of us with less than stellar eyesight.
As long as I can continue to run Win7, I'll happily give up Cortana as I don't need it anyway. But please don't assume EVERYONE wants to move to Win10 for something that COULD be backported to 7 if Microsoft saw enough of a market to make it worthwhile. :)
Sep 23 2019 04:05 PM
@JenniferB_ In Windows 10, on your update settings page, you can specify your "Active Hours" during which Windows will not update and restart. Not sure if that option was there from day one, but it's there now.