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Thread ID: 119631 2011-08-01 21:43:00 ItÂ’s Official: IE Users Have a Lower IQ! Bozo (8540) PC World Chat
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1220411 2011-08-01 21:43:00 A study has shown that IE6 users have a lower IQ than other web browser users.

Article here. (www.sitepoint.com)

Bit of a laugh more than anything, but glad I'm an Opera user all the same :D :punk
Bozo (8540)
1220412 2011-08-01 22:39:00 Something is very wrong in that case.

iSheep having higher average IQs than Chrome and FF users?!
Cato (6936)
1220413 2011-08-01 23:14:00 Yea I did have to look twice to make sure it wasn't another Onion article.

It was a very small study, only 100,000 people.

Just a bit of a laugh as far as I'm concerned :)
Bozo (8540)
1220414 2011-08-02 01:20:00 Never heard of Satan or Camino browser though gary67 (56)
1220415 2011-08-02 12:25:00 You would have to have a low IQ if you were still using IE6 anyway, far past time to upgrade !! :D Iantech (16386)
1220416 2011-08-02 18:29:00 I would say a lower level of PC literacy, not dumbness.

Because newbies tend to use what's on the PC rather than downloading 3rd party software.
pctek (84)
1220417 2011-08-03 00:15:00 I quite like IE as a highly useful piece of fatware.
Every time I encounter someone using it I'm reminded of about twenty years of enjoyment, and to get that much pleasure out of something I don't use is pretty amazing.
R2x1 (4628)
1220418 2011-08-03 01:28:00 I still use IE. I have tried Firefox and Chrome, they are both nice but add nothing I have any burning desire for. Perhaps if you could completely replace IE without causing any grief I'd consider it but it's an integral part of windows and it works.

I hear various claims about which is the fastest, or most stable, or most compliant, secure etc but I honestly don't care. Websites work, I don't have to sit around waiting for things to load, my browser doesn't crash, and I haven't had any malware or virus's (Virii?) for some time (touch wood). The only reason left I can think of to upgrade is personal preference.

I don't consider myself Dumb either, I do quite well on IQ tests (not that I believe they are accurate) but I'm not posting a number, not turning this into a "My IQ is higher than your IQ" thread :)
dugimodo (138)
1220419 2011-08-03 02:04:00 Interesting article. Maybe they picked some dumb buggers for the survey who just happen to use Internet Explorer.:sleep Bobh (5192)
1220420 2011-08-03 02:36:00 I have and use IE, Opera, Firefox and Safari depending on what I feel like at the time or which PC I happen to be using. Agent_24 (57)
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