--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/discovery/ui/messages.properties	Fri Aug 06 08:18:06 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/discovery/ui/messages.properties	Fri Aug 06 08:39:21 2010 -0500
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AbstractBrowserPortalPage_RefreshLabel=Refresh page
 AbstractBrowserPortalPage_StopLabel=Stop loading
 AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_BadURLError=Could not load page due to bad URL
-AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_BrowserCreateError=Could not create browser
+AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_BrowserCreateError=Could not create browser: {0}
 AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_ForwardLabel=Forward
 AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_InvalidURLError=Invalid URL
 AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_OpenLocationLabel=Open location

--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer.java	Fri Aug 06 08:18:06 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer.java	Fri Aug 06 08:39:21 2010 -0500
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IInputValidator;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.InputDialog;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
-import org.eclipse.swt.SWTError;
 import org.eclipse.swt.browser.Browser;
 import org.eclipse.swt.browser.LocationAdapter;
 import org.eclipse.swt.browser.LocationEvent;
@@ -137,9 +136,14 @@
 		composite.setLayout(new FillLayout());
 		try {
 			browser = new Browser(composite, SWT.MOZILLA);
-		} catch (SWTError e) {
-			// don't log with SWTError as Throwable because it displays a dialog and this may occur and be benign
-			Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(Messages.AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_BrowserCreateError, e.getMessage()), null);
+		} catch (Throwable e1) {
+			try {
+				// try creating regular browser
+				browser = new Browser(composite, SWT.NONE);
+			} catch (Throwable e2) {
+				// don't log with Throwable directly because it may display a dialog
+				Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(Messages.AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer_BrowserCreateError, e2.getMessage()), null);
+			}
 		}
 		
 		return composite;