Mar 04 2020 12:34 PM - edited Mar 11 2020 10:37 AM
Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback.
Good day, Insiders! We have a couple updates this week, including a new way we’re going to focus on our Addressed items going forward. Let’s get to it!
First up, we have a new item being added! Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page is already Planned, and we’re excited to provide updates to you all around this.
As mentioned last week, we have an update to the Favorites sync issue. This is now resolved in Dev and Canary builds, which means it means the criteria for us to mark it as Addressed in this list. However, if you are using the Beta or Stable builds and syncing your favorites through those to Dev or Canary, there is a chance you will continue to see the issues listed. This is expected until the fix is pushed through to those builds. If you are experiencing favorites syncing issues in Dev and Canary and are not using a Beta or Stable build, please submit feedback through the browser so the team can investigate. Thanks so much to everyone who provided feedback around this so that the team could fully investigate and address these syncing issues!
Lastly, we’re going to make some changes to this post, but feel that it’s important to do. Our list for Addressed items is growing, and we’ve noticed that it makes this summary post pretty long to get through. Based on that, we’re going to be posting a separate, “evergreen” forum thread that is updated with the items we mark addressed from this list. We will have the list at the bottom of this post today but expect to see a new post around addressed top feedback later this week. We will link to that post in these posts in the future, but are curious where you feel it should be located. We’re thinking of putting it right after these updates, before the list below, or linked in the Definition of what Addressed means. Have thoughts? Please leave a note telling us where you think that link will fit best!
Here’s our updated list this week:
Status |
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed |
Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated |
13 weeks |
Planned for March |
Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices |
17 weeks |
Planned for March |
Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo |
28 weeks |
Planned for Summer |
Enable sync of browsing history between devices |
17 weeks |
Planned |
Allow more top sites on the New Tab Page |
NEW! |
Planned |
Highlighter tool for PDF files |
2 weeks |
Planned |
Some users are unable to access any web page |
2 weeks |
Planned |
Edge cannot find devices to cast media |
6 weeks |
Planned |
Make Edge available on Linux |
6 weeks |
Planned |
Support read aloud of PDF files |
6 weeks |
Planned |
Provide option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close |
16 weeks |
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Add the ability to ink on web pages |
18 weeks |
Planned (Join the discussion) |
Provide different options for sorting favorites |
28 weeks |
Planned |
Support themes from the Chrome Web Store |
28 weeks |
Planned |
Provide an option to prevent auto-play of video and audio when you open a website |
28 weeks |
In Discussion |
Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window |
23 weeks |
In Discussion |
Provide a transparent theme for the browser frame |
24 weeks |
In Discussion |
The address bar and its text are too big, and should be smaller like Chrome |
26 weeks |
In Discussion |
Bring the tab set aside feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
28 weeks |
In Discussion |
Update the user interface with the Fluent Design System |
28 weeks |
In Discussion |
Make tabs more square and less rounded, like the current version of Microsoft Edge |
28 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files |
28 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the Ask Cortana feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
28 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the reading list feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
28 weeks |
In Discussion (Join the discussion) |
Bring the tab preview feature from the current version of Microsoft Edge |
28 weeks |
Under Review |
Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents |
3 weeks |
Under Review |
Add an option to hide the Bing search bar on the new tab page |
28 weeks |
Under Review |
Allow the search bar in the new tab page to be configured with other search providers |
28 weeks |
Under Review |
Provide an option to set a custom URL for a new tab instead of showing the new tab page |
28 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 |
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.
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:
Feedback |
On this list for |
Addressed on |
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 |
|
Mar 04 2020 12:50 PM
Great updates, thank you! I'm really happy to see Favorite issues are fixed now and hopefully they will stay that way.
I have an idea for the addressed Items,
put them in a spoiler
like this
Spoiler example
once the spoiler gets too big, you add another spoiler right below it. this way you don't need to create separate posts under this and can manage space in a smart way
Mar 04 2020 01:41 PM - edited Mar 04 2020 01:41 PM
@HotCakeX Ooh, thanks for this idea. I just edited my OP to see how it looks. What do you think?
I'm not sure I'd go this route just yet, but I love the outside-the-box thinking! (Would it be inside the box since the spoiler tag puts it in one? 🤔)
Curious how others feel about this. I'll leave it like this for now to see how people like it. 😁
(Edit: I'm leaving my broken smileys like that as a punishment to my post.)
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Mar 04 2020 02:24 PM
@HotCakeX I kept clicking to see how many boxes you did that with. This made my day, thank you.
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Mar 05 2020 02:30 AM
Mar 05 2020 04:44 AM - edited Mar 05 2020 04:47 AM
[we interrupt this great conversation :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: with a feature request]
@MissyQ Please add synchronization of Custom Searches on the to-do list. The sync engine shouldn't be that different from Favorites Sync right? It seems like the next logical step in synchronizing all custom user settings.
Mar 06 2020 04:27 AM
Hey @MissyQ!
Are there any plans to "allow sign in while running the browser as an administrator"?
Thank you!
Mar 06 2020 05:49 AM
Mar 06 2020 06:03 AM
@FedeDiLo wrote:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/add-the-epub-reader-from-edgeuwp-to-edge-chromium... almost 80 likes, at least give us a response. It is definitely a top feedback, we would like to know why you're not even considering it.
Reasons mentioned here:
also number of likes doesn't mean anything
Mar 06 2020 06:11 AM
@ViniciusFonseca wrote:Hey @MissyQ!
Are there any plans to "allow sign in while running the browser as an administrator"?
Thank you!
It's really important. because no one can sign in Edge browser in Windows Sandbox or Windows Server and similar situations where user is signed in as built in Administrator.
de-elevate flag doesn't even work.
Mar 06 2020 01:27 PM
@ViniciusFonseca No plans that I am aware of, but I know the team has heard this feedback. Please submit this feedback with diagnostics and explain exactly how you would be using this feature. It's really helpful when the team sees what exactly it's used for so they have a true understanding in how users are using the browser. 🙂
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge