This week's Edge Dev build improves dark mode support, adds more fixes

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As usual, Microsoft has released its weekly build of the Chromium-based Edge browser to Insiders running Dev builds. This week's build is 86.0.608.2, up from last week's 86.0.601.1, and just like that release, it's fairly minor in terms of new features. The first couple of releases built on Chromium 86 actually added a lot, but things seem to have slowed down now.
 
Possibly the biggest news today is improved support for dark mode in the default form controls, such as dropdown menus or calendars, in webpages that use them. Of course, if pages use custom form controls, they won't be affected by the change. Here's the full list of additions:

• Added support for Dark Theme in default webpage form controls like dropdowns, calendars, etc.
  
• Added a management policy for Kiosk Delete Downloads On Exit. Note that this policy only applies to when the browser is in Kiosk Mode, and administrative templates will be updated later.
  
• Enabled support for the Chromium management policy for a User Data Snapshot Retention Limit.
  

Like every other release, this week's build also has a handful of fixes, with separate lists for reliability and behavior improvements. The reliability improvements mostly involve fixing crashes, as you can see below:

• Fixed a crash when closing a window.
  
• Fixed a crash on browser shutdown.
  
• Fixed a crash when opening DirectInvoke programs.
  
• Fixed a crash when switching browser profiles.
  
• Fixed a crash when using Guided Switch to switch browser profiles.
  
• Fixed an issue where opening a PWA or installed website sometimes crashes the browser.
  
• Fixed a crash when closing the browser on versions of Windows older than Windows 10.
  
• Fixed an issue where some websites don’t load properly when Quiet Notifications are enabled. Note that this change restores regular notifications for affected sites.
  
• Fixed an issue where videos sometimes stop playing right after they start.
  
• Fixed an issue where creating a new Collection sometimes fails.
  

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