Ie11 Fails With "netscape Is Not Supported Please Used Internet Explorer" Error When Launch By Selenium

I have a quite old website to be maintained, supports IE8 and above. Now I've a plan to do some test automation on the site, using Selenium WebDriver (version 3.7.1). Almost everyt

Solution 1:

As you mentioned invoking navigator.appName returns "Microsoft Internet Explorer" while returns "Netscape" in the other case is a rare but prevailing scenario. The complete error reads as :

"Netscape is not supported please used internet explorer "

Answer :

To address this, you have to consider the following points:

• Internet Explorer Driver runs in a real browser and supports Javascript.
• Try to avoid any Add On's with Internet Explorer

• If you have to use any mandatory Add On's, (for all IE9,IE10,IE11 and Windows 8 users)

  1.Open the desired website in Internet Explorer
  2. Go to "Compatibility View settings" (image shown below)
  3.In a dialog box add your website in the list.
  e.g. if you are trying to use "ssconline.nic.in" , thenadd "nic.in" in the list