Back to Documents Listing Why use Internet Explorer and not Netscape Navigator? There are a number of reasons why we emphasize Internet Explorer, vs. Netscape Navigator :- IE is able to use ActiveX technology, where Netscape Navigator can not *. IE has VBscript support, where Netscape Navigator does not IE is more up to date compared to Netscape Navigator IE has the largest user-base * Older versions of Netscape Navigator had ActiveX capabilities via an additional software plug-in. This product has been discontinued by Netscape. Internet Explorer has many, many capabilities as a browser to act and behave like any application. This will help bring your manufacturing applications to your website and/or intranet.