"The components - Legacy Web View, Hosted and Windows Web Applications, Legacy Progressive Web Apps, and the EdgeHTML developer tools are built on the EdgeHTML engine, which debuted in 2015 as the Edge browser in Windows 10 before being ditched a few years later when Microsoft changed tack in favor of Chromium. Excising EdgeHTML from Microsoft's products is an ongoing challenge."
"Microsoft's advice is for affected users to migrate to WebView2 or Chromium-based PWAs. The company unveiled a production-ready version of the Chromium-based WebView2 in 2020 after spending years telling developers that the EdgeHTML-based WebView control was the one true way if web content was needed in a WPF or Windows Forms application. Adding EdgeHTML components to the deprecated features list is a sign that Microsoft is preparing to draw a line under this part of Windows' history."
"A look at the support pages for Hosted Web Apps, for example, serves as a reminder of all the technologies and ideas that the company has abandoned in the last few years. Microsoft said the apps "Look great across all Windows-based devices, including PCs, tablets, phones, HoloLens, Surface Hub, Xbox and Raspberry Pi." Heck, you can even "Integrate with Cortana voice commands.""
Microsoft added Legacy Web View, Hosted and Windows Web Applications, Legacy Progressive Web Apps, and the EdgeHTML developer tools to its deprecated features list. These components are built on the EdgeHTML engine introduced in 2015 and later replaced when Microsoft adopted Chromium. EdgeHTML continued to appear in applications that render web content despite low developer adoption. Microsoft advises affected users and developers to migrate to WebView2 or Chromium-based PWAs. WebView2 reached production-ready status in 2020 after years of the EdgeHTML-based WebView being the recommended control for WPF and Windows Forms. Deprecation signals preparation to retire EdgeHTML and associated technologies across Windows.
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