N&N for Theme Improvements (#200)

* N&N for Theme Improvements Refers to eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui#2114 Co-authored-by: Hannes Wellmann <[email protected]>
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@@ -156,6 +156,33 @@ <h2>Preferences </h2>
  <h2>Themes and Styling </h2>
  </td>
  </tr>
+ <tr id="new-light-theme"> <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/issues/2114 -->
+ <td class="title">Preview Version of Improved Light Theme</td>
+ <td class="content">
+ <p>
+ After many years of stability we have reworked the light theme of Eclipse to follow more modern design principles, similar to other major IDEs:
+ </p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>Lightweight view tab design</li>
+ <li>Flat look - No use of 3D gradients</li>
+ <li>Views use a darker background color.</li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>
+ These improvement are not yet completed but are available as a preview. 
+ </p>
+ <p><img style="max-width: 600px;" src="images/preview-theme.png" alt="Preview Theme"/></p>
+ <p>
+ You can try it out by selecting <em>Light (Preview)</em> on the <b>General > 
+ Appearance</b> preference page. See 
+ <a href="https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/issues/2114">issue #2114</a>
+ for more details and the motivation behind these changes and to give your feedback. 
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The improvements in the <em>Light (Preview)</em> theme will be integrated in the standard
+ <em>Light</em> theme once ready and the <em>Light (Preview)</em> will be removed again.
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
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