Top Feedback Summary for September 29

Microsoft

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! This week’s update is pretty quiet, but we did want to touch on one item on here we know y’all are really excited about, history sync (and open tabs sync). The team is still working on bringing history sync to the browser, however we are not quite yet ready to share an update at this time. We expect to have more details in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out here for those. For now, we are leaving the status as Planned for Summer.

 

Your feedback is invaluable to us. We’ve implemented some new features in the past few weeks that we would love to know your thoughts about! You can share your thoughts with us 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 the updated list for this week:

 

Status

Feedback

On this list for

Planned for September

Voice search on google.com doesn’t work

22 weeks

Planned for September

(Join the discussion)

Add the ability to ink on web page content

48 weeks

Planned for October

(See details here)

Make Edge available on Linux

36 weeks

Planned for Summer

Enable sync of browsing history between devices

48 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin Favorites menu to the side of the screen

1 week

Planned

Some passwords are not saved

1 week

Planned

Add dictionary in PDF

5 weeks

Planned

Enable vertical tabs feature

6 weeks

Planned

Enable customers to pin sites to Start Menu in Windows

9 weeks

Planned

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

9 weeks

Planned

Support two-page layout in PDF reader

15 weeks

Planned

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

15 weeks

Planned

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

16 weeks

Planned

Add "text notes" feature to PDF files

20 weeks

Planned

Some web page fonts are blurry

21 weeks

Planned

MSA profile picture is not updating

25 weeks

Planned

Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page

30 weeks

Planned
(Join the discussion)

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

53 weeks

Planned

(Join the discussion)

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

58 weeks

Planned

(Learn more)

Support themes from the Chrome Web Store

58 weeks

Planned

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

58 weeks

Alternative Planned
(Join the discussion)

Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System

58 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

58 weeks

In Discussion
(Join the discussion)

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

58 weeks

Under Review

Edge should respect the default PDF viewer

6 weeks

Under Review

Add ability to close tabs via double-click

25 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

Enable automatic generation of strong passwords

13 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents

31 weeks

Sept 15, 2020

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

 

 

 

13 Replies
Thanks, It's good to know that the Team is keeping an eye on History sync, hope it gets implemented soon.

also I love the new feature in Edge feedback sending tool where you can record a video and upload it along with your feedback. very helpful
I'm glad you finally made a sidebar for Favorites! Please make this available for History and Downloads and Edge will FINALLY be on the direction to become a good browser!

Sidebars are great for keeping you in your workflow instead of being as obtrusive as fullscreen menus. And please let us pin the Downloads and History buttons to the toolbar too! As of now, you can only do so with Favorites, but there's not much of a point since the Favorites bar exists.

@martinnn I am not seeing any sidebar for favorites; only a drop down box that needs scrolling through every time.

@MissyQ 

Suggestion: Can you please update the design of the bottom bar in Edge Android (Dark mode), That bottom grey color bar looks outdated IMO.

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If I'm the only one bothered about this, you can ignore this message.

@MissyQ Thank you for finally mentioning History and Tab sync.

 

Could you offer some insight as to how, after 49 weeks, there isn't even a little bit of progress to share?

@MissyQ 

 

Is there anywhere a post of what's new/changed in new Android Edge Beta versions? All year there's been odd updates, but apart from the added collections, and the fact that Edge://flags is now accessible - but with ONE available flag as compared with Google Chrome's 300 - I can never see any differences, Had two supposed updates  in the last few days, and again can't see anything different. Certainly nothing has been done about the missing features which are critical for me, and without which I cannot use Android Edge at all, which then also means I won't use Desktop Edge as I need desktop and phone browsers that fully work together.

 

Even Android Edge's user agent hasn't budged from saying it's Chromium 77 all year, while the desktop Edge and its beta, and desktop Google Chrome and Android Chrome and their betas have all versioned up in lockstep.

 

Do you actually have someone working on Android Edge at all apart from the little burst of adding collections? If you do, it needs to be a bigger team with more resources and a much greater sense of urgency.

@edspar Appreciate the kind question. :) We had posted several months ago about how we needed to work on some architecture changes we weren't expecting initially. Hopefully Clark's post there will help you understand a bit more on the delay.

 

Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

@DavidGB The mobile team has been focusing their efforts on converging current mobile Edge with desktop. We hope to have more details around those plans in the near future. We understand this is important to users (and ourselves!), and my direct team has been talking about how to best share with y'all the feedback items for mobile. We do appreciate y'all's patience while we work on bringing everything up to parity with each channel and platform. :)

 

Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

Most of these feedbacks can be implemented as apps or web extensions for the browsers. Instead of cluttering the Edge browser with so much stuff. I'm just concern the browser would take forever to load with a million features installed..

@MissyQ 

I am a student using the text note function on PDF in the old edge. Because every day I need to read several papers and record what I think and what is important. The only reason that I can not abandon the old edge is that the new edge doesn't have this function. Please add this function soon, I think many students or researchers like me are waiting for this.

If possible please create an option which will make the Websites installed as an app run in background.