Internet Explorers Users are dumb as compared to other browser users?

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Yes! According to a new survey!!! lol…

Are Internet Explorer Users dumb?

A new survey doesn’t quite say so. But it sure as heck suggests it.

The survey by AptiQuant, a Vancouver-based Web consulting company, gave more than 100,000 participants an IQ test, while monitoring which browser they used to take the test.

The result? Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were slightly above average.

And users of the more obscure Camino and Opera browsers, as well as those using Explorer with Chrome Frame (a plug-in designed to let users view emerging HTML5 content), had what AptiQuaint called “exceptionally higher” IQ levels.

Those numbers, it should be noted, probably aren’t very scientific. The field of test-takers was self-selecting – people who chose, on their own, to take an IQ test instead of a scientifically selected study group. They found the test through Web searches or ads the company placed online.

The report suggests that people using Explorer, the built-in, default browser for Windows-based computers, may be more resistant to change. A similar study in 2006 showed users on the then-current IE browser scored above average.

Internet Explorer is the world’s most popular browser, with about a 43% share, according to StatCounter. Firefox has just under 30%, and Google’s Chrome has 19%, according to a report from May.

Users of Internet Explorer 6, released in 2001, scored the lowest on the tests, at just over 80. Users of Opera, the Norway-based browser, scored the highest at well over 120. (What AptiQuant called its complete results included a bar graph showing the scores, but didn’t appear to have text giving the exact numbers.)

IQ scores have a “population mean” of 100.

If this all smacks of a little good, old-fashioned Microsoft hate, the language the company uses in its report doesn’t do much to downplay that.

“It is common knowledge that Internet Explorer Versions 6.0 to 8.0 are highly incompatible with modern web standards. In order to make websites work properly on these browsers, web developers have to spend a lot of unnecessary effort …,” said the report from AptiQuant, which offers online tools for employers to measure employee, and potential employee, aptitude.

“Now that we have a statistical pattern on the continuous usage of incompatible browsers, better steps can be taken to eradicate this nuisance.”

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I guess I’ll never be smart enough to know why the ding people use Opera!

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I havent even used comino. I even forgot it existed. No mention of safari though.

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Sorry IE users

Now it’s official that IE users have lower than average IQ. Internet Explorer story was bogus - BBC News Kameenai (camino users) share the top spot with opera browser. :devil:

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This study was a hoax. What a pitty, tut tut,

http://blogs.computerworld.com/18734/what_ie_users_are_dumb_study_really_shows_us

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LOL, obviously it wasn’t statistically significant and no proper method was used. Don’t ever expect a properly done study on the internet by some random bloke.

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It reminds me of that ‘Study suggests’ thing :hehe:

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Re: Internet Explorers Users are dumb as compared to other browser users?

or in this case, “real studies about other studies suggest not to believe those other studies” :smiley:

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So its not a real study and a hoax?

Even if it was a real study, the basis were flawed. More than 80% computer users use windows os. IE comes with it by default. Mainly geeks/nerds or tech-motivated people would go and download another browser. That would automatically make IE users technically laid back, hence “dumber”.

I can bet that if you only pick Mac users and re-conduct this study, you will reach a similar comparative conclusion about Safari users.

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yayyyy…chrome. :k:

What a dumb survey though. :vivo:

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not just the problem you pointed out, but additionally, the respondent pool was “self-selected” rather than randomly selected online users. May be IE users don’t take IQ tests or don’t seriously take them cuz they’re busy/don’t care etc. … besides there was no control over the users who took the IQ tests… e.g. did they represent themselves sincerely or were doing it for shughal? etc.

Anyways, glad that BBC uncovered this as a hoax but they should have done this before actually publishing the original story.

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There was no test and no survey and no statistics. The owner of the site where this was published bought the domain on July 14 and just copy/pasted stuff from a few website. The methodology used was a copyrighted one which couldn’t have been published anyway. The guy actually came out and and said that all the reporters are lazy people who don’t even bother finding out how authentic the story is before publishing. Even CNN picked it up. :hehe:

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I am baffled that some of you thought even for a second that this was a legit study. Agreed the likes of CNN and BBC should have known better but than again as a listener or reader I would not take any so called “study” news seriously until I saw the actual journal paper myself.

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Yes but that survey was BS :smiley:

I didnt agree with it anyway… ANY BROWSER CAN BE A NIGHTMARE AND ANY BROWSER CAN BE YOUR BEST FRIEND!