Aug 19 2019 03:51 PM - edited Sep 22 2019 09:23 AM
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Hello insiders, we’re listening!
Over these past months we have been busy reading all the great feedback you've been sending us through the "Send feedback" smiley, here on the insider forum, and to our @MSEdgeDev Twitter handle. As we go through the feedback, common themes, popular suggestions, and bugs with broad impact emerge. We've been highlighting this "top feedback" within the team, and we'd like to share it with you as well. Starting with this post, we will regularly summarize the most significant feedback we are hearing from you and give you an update on the status of each item. We'll also highlight some of the changes we've made that were inspired or prioritized because of your feedback. Check out the list below, and of course use this forum thread to share your thoughts and discuss.
Your feedback has directly led to many improvements. Here are just some of the most notable, now available in the Canary channel:
Here are some top feedback topics we plan to address in the coming months. (Of course, plans can change. We'll make sure to let you know if timing or direction shift on any of these.)
Planned to be addressed in the Canary channel in September 2019:
Planned to be addressed in the Canary channel in October 2019:
The team is reviewing the following feature requests and we'll be sure to let you know if they're getting ready to show up in one of our channels:
Finally, there are a few areas where you've told us our quality needs to improve. We are investigating these areas and will fix specific bugs when they are identified:
You can help in these areas by keeping the bug reports coming. Whether you have a major issue or a minor glitch, if you see something, click the "Send feedback" smiley and tell us briefly what happened. Every report helps!
Thank you all for being insiders. Your feedback motivates and inspires us, and we genuinely appreciate it. We look forward to sharing these updates on a regular basis to show how you're helping to set the direction of the next version of Microsoft Edge.
-David Rubino
Microsoft Edge Team
Sep 14 2019 03:32 AM
@David Rubino So far I am loving new edge browser and has been using it as my default browser, but can you add a feature that switches between search engines in the search bar rather than going to that search engine's webpage first.
Sep 14 2019 03:43 AM
Hi,
is this what you're looking for?
it's in the Edge insider settings:
Sep 14 2019 03:56 AM
@HotCakeX no I am talking about a feature in Firefox where your default search engine is of your choice but occasionally if you want to search something in other search engine you can easily switch within search bar. as seen in screenshot circled in red
Sep 14 2019 04:45 AM
Personally I have my outlook.com Mail as a favorite on the right hand end of the favorites bar. Click it and Outlook.com Mail page opens (And logs in automatically as it's a saved login), which has the square of 9 dots button, just like Google's, that drops down a menu of all the Microsoft Apps. So two clicks. Just as I have Google.co.uk as one of the tiles on the new tab page of Edge and Firefox, so 1 click on a tile on the ntp gives me the Google home page with the 9-dot square for the menu of all the Google services (and logs into Google automatically, and has a link to my Google Account).
I really can't understand the need for adding extra buttons in a toolbar likely to become crowded with extension buttons when it's trivial to create easy access to the Microsoft Apps menu in either the favorites bar or through a tile on the ntp.
Sep 14 2019 11:07 AM - edited Sep 14 2019 11:11 AM
@saad47
That can be done and is done through here...
Different ones can be selected or changed here
Cheers,
Drew
Sep 14 2019 12:07 PM
um he's not referring to it,
his last reply:
Sep 15 2019 07:57 AM
@Drew1903 there is slight misunderstanding I am not talking about 'how to change default search engine' what I am saying is using 'search shortcuts' in the address bar similar to firefox. It makes it easy to switch between search engines.
Sep 15 2019 11:00 AM
@saad47 The feature is there but it is hard to find:
Settings > Privacy and Services > Address Bar (down at the bottom) > Manage Search Engines
That lists every site your browser has seen that supports a search function. By default, it assumes that the domain name is the "keyword" to trigger the search, so:
google.com microsoft edge
will use Google to search for Microsoft Edge. But you can adjust the keyword to whatever you want. I have a number of searches keyed off short words for sites I use a lot. In most cases I will edit the short cut to remove the domain, so:
google sean corfield
will use Google to search for my name.
Sep 15 2019 01:00 PM - edited Sep 15 2019 01:02 PM
@saad47
I had understood you. What I showed you was as close as it comes, I'm afraid. Don't seem to have that FF way. Although, another person, I see, suggested an approach. You might suggest it to Mr. Smiley. It is a cool idea to have included in the browser.
Cheers,
Drew
Sep 15 2019 10:37 PM
@seancorfield Thanks mate! this is a pretty neat shortcut. I didn't know that.
Sep 16 2019 08:57 AM
We are very excited about the new version of Edge!
I work as a lead implementer of O365 solutions at a hospital employing around 1200 people. What is key for us is the ability to access our SharePoint online site without the need for any additional username and password requirements. We use AD connect to synchronize passwords with our on-premise Active Directory service with Azure AD and have currently built a basis SharePoint online "extranet" to allow for single sign-on using Internet Explorer. We also have an on premise SharePoint site.
I notice that the beta version of edge does do seamless single sign-on with our on premise site (didn't in the past) but no longer works seamlessly with our cloud version.
Any thoughts/ideas? Thanks
Oct 16 2019 11:49 AM
Oct 16 2019 02:31 PM
Oct 16 2019 02:48 PM
@HotCakeX That feature already exists in Edge Dev/Canary (and probably in Beta too?). It's just hard to find!
Settings > Privacy and services > Address bar (it's right at the bottom of Privacy and services) > Manage search engines
You may already have some registered -- Bing, at least, possibly others that Edge has been able to auto-detect -- but you can add anything new you want.
Example, adding imdb as a keyword to search IMDB: you can find the search URL by going to the website and doing a search for something and seeing what it produces, e.g.,
https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q=microsoft&s=all
Now you can Add a new "search engine":
Now type imdb followed by a space into the address bar. It should change into "Search IMDB" and then whatever you type will be used in that URL for a search!
I have dozens of these set up for searching sites I commonly use.
Oct 16 2019 02:53 PM
Ah I know that already, Thanks xD
just install a Firefox and you'll see what i mean ;)
here is a screenshot
you can search in different search engines and change them on the fly without the need to go to the settings every time unnecessarily.
Oct 16 2019 03:29 PM
@HotCakeX Ah, interesting. I can't imagine ever wanting to do that since I either want a) a general search via Bing or b) a specific site search on a site I've configured. My most common two are wiki (Wikipedia) and imdb (IMDB) but there are a bunch of tech sites I search where I always know which site I want first and I'd rather do ctl-l keyword search terms return than interact with a drop-down menu!
Oct 16 2019 03:33 PM
Oct 22 2019 11:04 AM
Can you add multiple search engines for images in ‘search the web for image’. I mean if you click on search the web for image it searches for the image in your default search engine, but you can also choose another search engine in the cascading menu such as ‘bing’ or ‘tin eye’ etc without the hassle of opening the search engine and then try searching for that image or changing your default search engine.
Oct 22 2019 12:19 PM
@saad47 wrote:Can you add multiple search engines for images in ‘search the web for image’. I mean if you click on search the web for image it searches for the image in your default search engine, but you can also choose another search engine in the cascading menu such as ‘bing’ or ‘tin eye’ etc without the hassle of opening the search engine and then try searching for that image or changing your default search engine.
I'd love something like this, great suggestion
Nov 12 2019 09:10 PM
@David Rubino Yes, bring back the reading list!