Microsoft has updated the Feedback tool in Chromium Edge browser to allow users to choose which diagnostic logs to send to Edge team along with Feedback. Apart from including diagnostic logs for various things, the company also added “Recreate my problem” tool and “Attach a file” options to diagnostic data dialog.
We’ve covered the Feedback tool in Edge comes with a Screenshot editor that lets you crop the image to your liking before submitting the feedback, now the Edge team has added Marking support to it.
With the new Pen icon, you can strike out usernames and passwords and can call out specific regions of screenshot with underlines and arrows. Microsoft said they’re also planning to offer Highlight Marker tool in Screenshot Editor.
When you click on the smiley icon on the toolbar, the feedback form opens, by default the feedback also sends the Diagnostic data unless you uncheck it in the form before sending. The diagnostic data which helps Microsoft to understand Edge problems used to contain two logs only, now it has been updated to send more diagnostic logs related to:
Sync Events, Autofill info, Crash report information, Experiments and field trials, installed extensions, field trial details, GPU info, tracking prevention info, etc.
You’ll have full control over which logs to send and which not. The Diagnostic data dialog now allows the user to recreate his problem. Once you give consent and begin recording, when done, get back to the dialog and stop recording, then click “save and include file”. Do note this includes personally identifiable information.
Microsoft says ” behind the scenes, this (recreate the problem) will turn on heavy-weight logging that isn’t included in regular diagnostic logs”. The company says they’re considering to improve this by allowing to create videos or screenshots.
Newly added Attach a file option in Diagnostic dialog allows to add additional log files or screenshots or images.
