reporting Edge bugs at http://developer.microsoft.com for a day now and found a gazillion usability problems with the site. Why am I not surprised?
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Let's assume we want to file an Edge bug; click "Microsoft Edge", right? and then.... ehrm... let me see... uhm... "Platform issues" maybe?
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I guessed that because it has a "bug" icon next to it. It's hidden all the way at the bottom of the page.
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A new tab? Why? Anyway... we can "open a new issue" and it supports Markdown - let's enter the test they link to (https://jonschlinkert.github.io/remarkable/demo/ …)
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....they implemented a limited subset of Markdown :( (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/7220390/ …). ..also you can't upload a file with a "#" in its name.
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@MSEdgeDev will look at your bug and edit it. you'll get 0, 1, 2 or 3 emails every time they do. (I wonder if I can use that as a PRNG?) -
Note that each email may or may not contain the comments the dev added, so click on the link to make sure. Maybe you want to reply?
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Sign in then... it'll take you to https://login.microsoftonline.com/ (?) type your email, type your pa... huh? it's redirecting you to another page!?
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Yes, to https://login.live.com/ . So you'll have to manually enter an email (any email) to get to the real login page... facepalm.
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...so I enter my login credentials and it redirects me to https://login.microsoftonline.com/ !? Here I am apparently supposed to click on my account...
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or click "use another account". Let's do the former... I get redireted to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/ !? So I open the link to the bug again...
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...and it turns out I am not logged in. WTF!?!?
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...and attaching a file when a file with the same name already exists silently fails, discarding the new file (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/7234780/ …)
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...and if you forget to tell it what browser and version you found it in immediately after opening the bug, you cannot do so later.
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@berendjanwever ...and there is no way to bookmark the issues your reported. You have to go to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/ … and click "my issues" -
@berendjanwever ...which shows only 8 issues, not all issues. AFAIK there is no way to do that. This is getting ridiculous. -
...and when you want to comment but need to log in first, you do not get redirected to the original issue page.
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...and when MS devs say they will look at these issues, nothing happens for at least a week.
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@berendjanwever And worst of all, it's slow!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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