@@ -181,6 +181,43 @@ <h2>General Updates </h2>
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185+ < tr id ="edge-browser-improvements "> <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/1466 -->
186+ < td class ="title "> Improvements to Edge Browser (Windows only)</ td >
187+ < td class ="content ">
188+ < p >
189+ In an effort to make it the default browser for Windows, several issues that affected the Edge browser
190+ have been addressed in this release. Some of them are:
191+ < ul >
192+ < li > Added support for basic authentication</ li >
193+ < li > Let it inherit the proper light/dark theme from Eclipse instead of Windows</ li >
194+ < li > Fixed obscure "No more handles" issues</ li >
195+ < li > Fixed deadlocks that occurred due to the way Edge handles requests</ li >
196+ < li > Fixed some styling issues in the welcome page for Eclipse</ li >
197+ < li > Fixed some issues with JavaScript being used in an empty (local) page</ li >
198+ </ ul >
199+ </ p >
200+ < h4 > Using Edge</ h4 >
201+ < fieldset >
202+ < legend > < b > Warning</ b > </ legend >
203+ Changing the size of the browser window can currently cause flickering effects, which are currently being resolved.
204+ People who are sensitive to this should therefore either not use Edge at the moment or possibly avoid resizing browser windows.
205+ </ fieldset >
206+ < p >
207+ Edge still < b > isn't</ b > the default browser but it is mature enough that it can be activated and used already.
208+ In order to replace IE with Edge as the browser of choice, you can either:
209+ < ol type ="a ">
210+ < li > Enable the < strong > monitor-specific UI scaling</ strong >
211+ (see < a href ="#rescale-on-runtime-preference "> above</ a > ) or</ li >
212+ < li > Set the parameter < b > -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge</ b > in your < i > eclipse.ini</ i > </ li >
213+ </ ol >
214+ </ p >
215+ < p >
216+ We are looking forward to the community using Edge and reporting back any findings via our umbrella issue
217+ (< a href ="https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/1466 "> #1466</ a > )!
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