Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'

Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...verage-IQ.html

Users of the most popular web browser, Internet Explorer, tend to have
lower-than-average IQ, according to a survey of online habits.

PC World reports that a "psychometric consulting" firm called AptiQuant
gave free online IQ tests to 100,000 people, and then plotted the scores
against the browser on which the tests were taken.

It found that Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while
Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were very slightly above average.
Camino, Opera and Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame were scored
"exceptionally" high.

"The study showed a substantial relationship between an individual's
cognitive ability and their choice of web browser," AptiQuant concluded.
"From the test results, it is a clear indication that individuals on the
lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist a change/upgrade of their
browsers."

Some people have suggested that there may be other factors at work.
Business Insider's Matt Rosoff points out that since IE is the default
browser for Windows PC users, anyone who doesn't know how to download
and install a new browser will be stuck with it - "which drags down the
average". And users of other browsers "include a disproportionate number
of computer geeks", which might bring their average up. Or, he admits,
it might be that "IE users really are kind of dumb."

Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest, while users
of version 8 do rather better.

This version contains the full story.

Executive summary:

"But if you ever want to argue that Internet Explorer 6 users are
too stupid to upgrade, at least now you've got some empirical
evidence."

I think they would get the same result about the relationship between a
low IQ and using google to post to usenet.

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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...verage-IQ.html

Users of the most popular web browser, Internet Explorer, tend to have
lower-than-average IQ, according to a survey of online habits.

PC World reports that a "psychometric consulting" firm called AptiQuant
gave free online IQ tests to 100,000 people, and then plotted the scores
against the browser on which the tests were taken.

It found that Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while
Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were very slightly above average.
Camino, Opera and Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame were scored
"exceptionally" high.

"The study showed a substantial relationship between an individual's
cognitive ability and their choice of web browser," AptiQuant concluded.
"From the test results, it is a clear indication that individuals on the
lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist a change/upgrade of their
browsers."

Some people have suggested that there may be other factors at work.
Business Insider's Matt Rosoff points out that since IE is the default
browser for Windows PC users, anyone who doesn't know how to download
and install a new browser will be stuck with it - "which drags down the
average". And users of other browsers "include a disproportionate number
of computer geeks", which might bring their average up. Or, he admits,
it might be that "IE users really are kind of dumb."

Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest, while users
of version 8 do rather better.

The overall chart shows that Firefox has the smallest percentage of
low-IQ users, and the largest of average or high-IQ users. A similar
study five years ago found that users had broadly similar IQs.

Jared Newman of PC World said the results should not be taken too
seriously. "They are, after all, comprised only of people who feel
compelled to take IQ tests," he said.

"But if you ever want to argue that Internet Explorer 6 users are too
stupid to upgrade, at least now you've got some empirical evidence."

98 Guy wrote in :

This version contains the full story.

snip

Interesting. I posted the same info in 24hr a few days ago,
since I found it quite amusing, but MY source says Opera users
are the smartest by far. That seems to be missing from your
version.

"Internet Explorer users scored lower on online IQ tests than
users of other browsers
Report says people on the old IE 6 browser scored lowest; Opera
users the highest."

Full:
http://us.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/2...lorer.dumb/ind
ex.html

Regards
t.

You people have a strange way to determine smartness/intelligence.
I have all the major browsers on my system and, in comparison, Internet
Explorer
beats every one of them, hands down.
That has nothing to do with intelligence or smartness, merely smoothness in
operation, combined with ease and effectiveness.
Mind you, MS and Bill Gates are not my friends.
OTOH, maybe I grew up with IE has something to do with it? g.


"thanatoid" wrote in message
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98 Guy wrote in :

This version contains the full story.

snip

Interesting. I posted the same info in 24hr a few days ago,
since I found it quite amusing, but MY source says Opera users
are the smartest by far. That seems to be missing from your
version.

"Internet Explorer users scored lower on online IQ tests than
users of other browsers
Report says people on the old IE 6 browser scored lowest; Opera
users the highest."

Full:
http://us.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/2...lorer.dumb/ind
ex.html

Regards
t.

webster72n used improper usenet message composition style by
top-poasting:

I have all the major browsers on my system and, in comparison,
Internet Explorer beats every one of them, hands down.

You didn't mention which version of IE you use.

To quote from the article:

"Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest,
while users of version 8 do rather better."

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...

webster72n used improper usenet message composition style by
top-poasting:

I have all the major browsers on my system and, in comparison,
Internet Explorer beats every one of them, hands down.

You didn't mention which version of IE you use.

I always use the latest, which is IE 9, but I still use IE 6 on my
old machine with WinME and have no problems there.

To quote from the article:

"Within the group of IE users, version 6 users score lowest,
while users of version 8 do rather better."

On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:33:58 -0400, webster72n wrote:

OTOH, maybe I grew up with IE has something to do with it? g.

Perhaps. I recall a YUPPIE asking to look at my copy of コミクアフタヌーン. I handed
it to him properly oriented. He grasped the open pages and attempted to flip
the binding. Realizing he was grasping the comic the "wrong" way, he turned
it over, bring the binding under his left hand. Now he could flip the pages,
but realized (from the advertisements) that he was looking at the back
cover. So he flipped it again, top for bottom. Now the binding was
"properly" in his left hand, and the front cover facing up; but he realized
that the image was inverted. So he inverted the book again, bringing it back
to the original orientation, as I had handed it to him. Once again, he
unsuccessfully attempted to flip the pages from the bound side. Shaking his
head, he handed the comic back to me, saying as he did, "I will never
understand this". I am fairly certain he was referring to the fact that it
was bound the "wrong" way, not that it was printed in Japanese.

Also, some of the earliest attempts at translation of Japanese comics
preserved the Japanese orientation, and met resistance to sales from
Yankees, who were positive that there was only one way to publish a book,
and those were bound "backwards".

So, yes, familiarity will have a lot to do with it; more than technical
superiority.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

"N. Miller" wrote in
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:33:58 -0400, webster72n wrote:

OTOH, maybe I grew up with IE has something to do with it?
g.

snip

So, yes, familiarity will have a lot to do with it; more
than technical superiority.

Like most people who didn't get into computers until about 1990,
I started with IE3 as well. It ALWAYS sucked. I suffered with it
for a few years, and then discovered Opera. It had tabs at
version 5 from , IIRC.

BTW, I find it astonishing that no one has managed to write a
really good browser for Windows. There IS good software for
Windows (NOT written by MS), so it SHOULD be possible.

Never mind a decent OS. The current Apple OSs and Linux being
based on Unix are almost hard to believe. But I guess that's how
technically advanced we really are.

In ,
thanatoid wrote:
Interesting. I posted the same info in 24hr a few days ago,
since I found it quite amusing, but MY source says Opera users
are the smartest by far. That seems to be missing from your
version.

Which sounds strange, since Opera displays incorrectly more so than
other browsers.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:40:52 -0500, "BillW50" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

In ,
thanatoid wrote:
Interesting. I posted the same info in 24hr a few days ago,
since I found it quite amusing, but MY source says Opera users
are the smartest by far. That seems to be missing from your
version.

Which sounds strange, since Opera displays incorrectly more so than
other browsers.

That's because those web sites use broken code created by other
Microsoft products. ;-)

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.