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Add N&N entry for the Edge Browser.
Several issues have been addressed. The N&N mentions this and encourages the community to activate Edge as the browser of choice and report back any findings. Co-authored-by: Heiko Klare <[email protected]>
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@@ -181,6 +181,43 @@ <h2>General Updates </h2>
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<tr id="edge-browser-improvements"> <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/1466 -->
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<td class="title">Improvements to Edge Browser (Windows only)</td>
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<td class="content">
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<p>
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In an effort to make it the default browser for Windows, several issues that affected the Edge browser
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have been addressed in this release. Some of them are:
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<ul>
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<li>Added support for basic authentication</li>
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<li>Let it inherit the proper light/dark theme from Eclipse instead of Windows</li>
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<li>Fixed obscure "No more handles" issues</li>
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<li>Fixed deadlocks that occurred due to the way Edge handles requests</li>
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<li>Fixed some styling issues in the welcome page for Eclipse</li>
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<li>Fixed some issues with JavaScript being used in an empty (local) page</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<h4>Using Edge</h4>
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<fieldset>
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<legend><b>Warning</b></legend>
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Changing the size of the browser window can currently cause flickering effects, which are currently being resolved.
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People who are sensitive to this should therefore either not use Edge at the moment or possibly avoid resizing browser windows.
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</fieldset>
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<p>
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Edge still <b>isn't</b> the default browser but it is mature enough that it can be activated and used already.
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In order to replace IE with Edge as the browser of choice, you can either:
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<ol type="a">
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<li>Enable the <strong>monitor-specific UI scaling</strong>
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(see <a href="#rescale-on-runtime-preference">above</a>) or</li>
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<li>Set the parameter <b>-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge</b> in your <i>eclipse.ini</i></li>
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We are looking forward to the community using Edge and reporting back any findings via our umbrella issue
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(<a href="https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/1466">#1466</a>)!
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<!-- ******************* End of General Updates ************************************* -->
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