Supported Browsers in Eclipse 2.1

The Help system will support "out of the box" the following browsers as its external viewer. Additional browsers can be configured into Eclipse based on browser adaptor availability, or browser executable specified in help preferences.

Note: the windowing system, Java platform, operating system and level of testing corresponds to the base Eclipse 2.1 plan.
 
Window system Java 2 Platform
(see above table)		 Operating Environment Testing Status Supported Browser
Win32 Windows on Intel x86 Windows 2000 Primary InternetExplorer >=5.5
Windows XP Primary SWT wrapped IE >=6 (shipped with the system)
Windows ME Secondary InternetExplorer >=5.5 (shipped with the system)
Windows 98SE Secondary InternetExplorer >=5.5
Windows NT Secondary InternetExplorer >=5.5
Motif Linux on Intel x86

 

 RedHat Linux 7.2 x86 Primary Mozilla >=1.x
or Netscape >=7.x
SuSE Linux 7.3 x86 Primary Mozilla >=1.x
or Netscape >=7.x
Other Linux; kernel version 2.4.7, and XFree86 version 4.1.0 Untested Mozilla >=1.x
or Netscape >=7.x
Solaris on SPARC  Sun Solaris 8 SPARC Primary Netscape >=7.x (preferred)
or Netscape 4.7 (shipped with the OS)
HP-UX on hp9000 PA-RISC HP-UX 11i hp9000 Primary Netscape >=7.x (preferred)
or Netscape 4.x (shipped with the OS)
AIX on PowerPC IBM AIX 5.1 on PowerPC Primary Netscape >=7.x (preferred)
or Netscape 4.x  (shipped with the OS)
GTK Linux on Intel x86 RedHat Linux 7.2 x86 GTK 2.0 Primary same as Linux with motif
SuSE Linux 7.3 x86 GTK 2.0 Primary same as Linux with motif
Other Linux; kernel version 2.4.7, and GTK 2.0 Untested same as Linux with motif