UI/UX problem in Edge with RTL languages (Right to Left)
notice anything strange? the place of Edge side bar and vertical tabs is changed when you use a language in Edge that supports Right-to-left. this is very annoying. I want to use a language that supports RTL but I don't want the location of everything in Edge to change. it's not just these 2 elements, everything in Edge UI changes. the location of tabs, the address bar, favorite bar, the menu, everything. there really needs to be an option to keep Edge in Left-to-Right format (LTR) and still use any language we want in Edge, it's a must have. the location of buttons and UI are something that I'm used to, when it becomes RTL, everything goes haywire and I get lost. I'm sending this using feedback button on Edge, if you happen to be using a RTL language or know it, please try it and send a feedback from your browser too. let's get this fixed.
Build a unified Windows UI experience
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-january-12/m-p/2053932 As shown in the link, the introduction of transparency effects for Microsoft Edge dominates the rankings all the year round. Obviously, users are so looking forward to acrylic and fluent design! With the continuous development of FDS, the transparency effect is no longer the focus. We know that using Navigation in XAML will no longer enable the transparency effect of the underlying window by default, and the default transparency effect will remain in the window of this layer. The difference is shown in the figure In this picture, the window title bar and toolbar of "Screenshots and Sketches" are transparent to the desktop and windows below In this screenshot of the Microsoft Store, the elements at the bottom of the window are transparent At present, it seems that the design team intends to adopt "transparency to the elements in the window" as a trend, and will not develop more transparent title bars and side bars in the future. Therefore, the focus is not on transparency, but on other areas. Microsoft Edge now gives me the feeling, as if I changed the Chrome icon to Microsoft's, and then told me, look, this is Microsoft's browser. I think this is a huge irony and tragedy for the visual perception of the Microsoft brand, which means that users cannot really recognize the work that Microsoft is doing on this browser, and-let users understand that this is a different version of Chrome Browser. Microsoft must use practical actions to reshape Microsoft's brand image. I think the core action is to use native controls, or reshape the appearance of non-native controls that look like native controls. This includes the following: 1. Forward and back buttons, refresh buttons, address bar and toolbar 2. Context menu 3. Edge's special pages, such as settings, downloads, favorites, etc. For the address bar toolbar area, I think it’s not too difficult to build the appearance with XAML (or WinUI 3). If it is difficult, it is not too difficult to make these controls look like Windows. This area should look exactly like the old version of Edge. The context menu is a place where it is easy to achieve a smooth design. I think it is nothing more than adding a transparency, adding a matte, adding a noise, adjusting the kerning and line height, and finally adjusting the edge and projection. I don't think how difficult it is, is it really difficult? Or, will you consider WinUI 3 release? Or use XAML island, just like the old version of Edge? Is this really so difficult? I can't understand why I can't do it after a year. I think any user will notice the huge difference between the sidebar of the settings page and the sidebar of XAML Navigation in "Windows Settings". I don’t want to worry about whether the highlight bar is a rounded rectangle (capsule) or a right-angled rectangle-because Both are FDS, but there is no lighting effect (CompositionLight Class), completely different spacing, inexplicable margins, lack of transparency, all of which remind users that this is a web page, not a native one. UI-based application. It seems to have nothing to do with the Windows design language-although it seems that many applications have to do this, indeed, cross-platform, Web development also meets Microsoft's strategic goals, it is really difficult to resist the temptation. Skype, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook to come,-and the latest file explorer used on Windows 10X, the design looks increasingly unrelated, each team has its own ideas, compare , The unification of macOS is simply outrageous! I implore the development team to read this article to help users build a harmonious and unified appearance, One Windows, One Microsoft https://medium.com/microsoft-design/fluent-makeover-photolab-a583d25f362bAdd "Disable Extension" option to the right-click menu on extension Icon in Edge toolbar
There is place for 1 more option and it's "Disable Extension". it's a tiring task to go to the ellipsis menu, then extension, find the extension and disable it. just add that option to the right-click menu on extension icon in Edge toolbar. there is this less used option "inspect pop-up window" that appear for all extension icons, so just remove it or hide it and replace it with "disable extension" option. Thank you!The 3-dots menu and some context menu of Edge needs to redesign
At present, the items displayed in the 3-dots menu in the upper right corner of Edge are very chaotic, more and more menu items are put into the primary menu instead of the secondary menu, resulting in the primary menu becoming extremely lengthy and messy. So, I think Edge needs to redesign the whole menu, include 3-dots menu and context menu. Here are some screenshots, I'm using Edge Canary 96.0.1053.0 with a 1920×1080 (125% scaling) screen : I think Edge's menu style can learn from Firefox 29~56, like these below, Using grid block layout to expand the judgment range of clicks can also avoid the problem of too complicated menus to a certain extent.
Scrollbar appearance
Hello! Just note in a picture below how differs controls in IE11, Legacy Edge and current Chromium Edge. Current Edge looks absolutely the same and inconvenient as Google Chrome. PLEASE revert appearance of scrollbars as it was in IE11 or at least Legacy Edge. The shape of that arrow was nice and quiet. Also note the lack of 1px light border in Legacy Edge between content and gray scrollbar itselt; it looks super good and you should come back to it! Remove useless border and take IE11 arrow shape 🙂 Thanks! P.S. I use 125 DPI scaling if you wonder but that's not a big deal, you got the ideaNew Windows dev channel update includes acrylic. Edge team is ridiculous for saying it's outdated.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2020/09/02/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-20206/ made the emoji panel "more aligned with our Fluent Design principles, including a new acrylic background." But the Edge team wants to make barely any effort into changing the design of Chromium Edge from Material design and says that transparency no longer aligns with Fluent design. I don't think I'll ever fully understand the Edge team's thought process regarding anything.Favorites folder Bug in latest Edge Canary Version 81.0.393.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
This is how the favorite folder located on the far right corner of the favorites bar looks like when I open it. Version 81.0.393.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit) as you can see everything is compact, the full name is not shown.
