title: Has WebDriver.switchTo().activeElement() stopped working on Internet Explorer
body: <p>Whenever I call <code>WebDriver.switchTo().activeElement()</code> to get the focused <code>WebElement</code> during a test running on <code>IE</code>, I receive the error :</p>
  
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    <p>org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Error communicating with the remote browser. It may have died.</p>
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  <p>though the browser is still running. I recall that this used to work, but I'm not sure if it's something I've broken in my test setup or if it's an actual Selenium defect. Has anyone else had similar issues?</p>