From af5a70039ca2e1fb0ba087691c693351e845c775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fedejeanne
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:16:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 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
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General Updates
+
+
+
Improvements to Edge Browser (Windows only)
+
+
+ In an effort to make it the default browser for Windows, several issues that affected the Edge browser
+ have been addressed in this release. Some of them are:
+
+
Added support for basic authentication
+
Inherited the proper light/dark theme from Eclipse instead of Windows
+
Fixed obscure "No more handles" issues
+
Fixed deadlocks that occurred due to the way Edge handles requests
+
Fixed some styling issues in the welcome page for Eclipse
+
Fixed some issues with JavaScript being used in an empty (local) page
+
+
+
Using Edge
+
+
+ Edge still isn't the default browser but it is mature enough that it can be activated and used already.
+ In order to replace IE with Edge as the browser of choice, you can either:
+
+
Enable the monitor-specific UI scaling
+ (see above) or
+
Set the parameter -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=edge in your eclipse.ini
+
+
+
+ We are looking forward to the community using Edge and reporting back any findings via our umbrella issue
+ (#1466)!
+