|
|
|
Opera users are smart, Internet Explorer users are dumb
|
|
The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 29 July, 2011
According to a new survey by consulting company AptiQuant, Internet Explorer users scored lower than other browser users on a standard IQ test.
The group tested 100,000 participants while monitoring what browser they used.
A "population average" for IQ tests is 100, but Internet Explorer users scored below average. IE 6 users scored the worst of all, at just over 80. IE6 was released in 2001.
... [ read the full article ]
Please read the original article before posting your comments.
|
Senior Member
4 product reviews
|
30. July 2011 @ 21:02 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by Mez:
Only cattle use iE. They are not smart enough to install anything better and probably iE is more than they need.
unfortunately its not the fact they don't know how to install, its more along the reasons of why bother, and what a pain. why bother because as far as Joe Blow is concerned it works fine what Joe don't know is that its one of the most vulnerable browsers to date, and why would he joe ain't a tecky.
and lets not forget the IT Security firms who dare not slander the name OF THE BIG IE!!
then you have integration issues lets say Joe reads this post here and he says i'll go get fire-fox or opera, and he does he downloads it and installs it. he's used it and liked it now he closes it.
low and behold there on the task bar ever so baiting is the BIG blue e not to be replace by a fox covering the the world or a big red O. he cant find it now so he opens his start menu thinking to himself its gotta be there right....wrong!! its not so where did it go oh there it is along with his other 100+ shortcuts scattered about his desktop.
Microshaft does not make it easy to replace there monopolizing browser. it requires a moderate level of understanding how windows works in order to clean up IE and disable it. even then you simply cant get rid of it the most you can do is hide it forever.
to say every one is to stupid to install a new browser is naive at best it.
Powered By
 |
|
Advertisement
|
 |
|
|
Senior Member
|
30. July 2011 @ 23:03 |
Link to this message
|
i know someone who is considered a genius with university degrees but i can barely read his writing.His spelling and grammer is perfect just his writing style is impossible to read.i have done a mechanical aptitute test.i passed a practise test then a few months later i did one for motor traders association that involves 3 tests which were suppose to be year 12 equivalent.i got 87 out of 120 on the tests all up.
as for the heading and the article it is slandering I.E users.its labelling people stupid based on what computer software they use.*start of sarcasm* maybe we should label everyone that drives an old car stupid or label people stupid cause they dont have an apple product or cause they do have an apple product,or label them stupid based on what religion they are.label them stupid based on what kinda house they live in *end of sarcasm*.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
|
AfterDawn Addict
1 product review
|
30. July 2011 @ 23:52 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by lupine25:
@KillerBug, Smart people don't use IE for browsing? Sounds like you're buying into the garbage of this study. You know what they say, 76% of statistics are completely made up. Like that one....uh oh? Maybe due to the fact that I'm typing this using IE9 I'm too stupid to come up with an under-the-table paid, Opera, Mozilla, and Google-sponsored study that takes only a small slice of the world's internet-browsing population to make a conclusion on the intelligence of people who use Hotpoint toasters vs Black and Decker?
It's the same deal...Firefox boys vs, Chrome boys...Chrysler guys, vs. Chevy Guys. Mac Guys vs. PC Guys.....
Anywho, I'm done with fanboyz. Why don't you people just go and have a cardboard tube duel somewhere until the last man standing's favorite browser is reigned king. :)
I'm really not a fanboy...in fact, I am a disloyal SOB that dumps long-time favorites at the first sign of trouble. I prefer Firefox to Chrome, but Chrome could become my favorite by adding one or two features, or if Mozilla made a change to Firefox that I didn't like. IE has terrible security, and that is not a matter of opinion or preference. Using IE does not make you dumb...but people using IE when they know how dangerous it is, and when other browsers work the same (or better) with the sites they are going to...they are "special".
|
Senior Member
|
31. July 2011 @ 00:41 |
Link to this message
|
i to wouldnt put much stock in these online iq tests.in grade six {almost 40 years ago}i scored 143.in the last year i took online tests three times and scored 80,124,and 100 respectively.in other words all over the board.i do,however think that some who use ie may be,like me,older and not inclined to change.my preference tho is firefox.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. July 2011 @ 00:41
|
|
SomeBozo
Member
2 product reviews
|
31. July 2011 @ 03:57 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by aldan:
i to wouldnt put much stock in these online iq tests.in grade six {almost 40 years ago}i scored 143.in the last year i took online tests three times and scored 80,124,and 100 respectively.in other words all over the board.i do,however think that some who use ie may be,like me,older and not inclined to change.my preference tho is firefox.
Or how about another way of looking at this....
The people with the highest IQ use the browser that best suits their own needs, whatever it is.
Crazy saying one browser is better for you because it is simply better for someone else. A few on here mentioned they must use the piece of crap IE because of work. For anyone to infer they aren't as smart as others because they need to do it because of some requirement at work, will they would be stupid or unemployed if they didn't use IE. No way does this make anyone more or less intelligent. As a developer, i've seen some of the most ridiculous arguments over which editor, compiler, operating system, yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah... Bottom line most thing related with computers, i look at them as tools, use the tool(s) that best fit your own needs.
|
AfterDawn Addict
1 product review
|
31. July 2011 @ 04:37 |
Link to this message
|
Once again...if you have to use IE for work, then there is nothing wrong with using it FOR WORK. To use it for general browsing simply because a work-related site requires a browser with lax security is not smart. You can use laziness or ignorance as an excuse, but you can't claim that using an insecure browser knowingly is a smart thing to do...not unless you work for an AV company and you are actually trying to get infected.
This applies double to Chrome Frame...as you have the security holes of IE, but you don't have the features usually offered by the many security holes in IE.
This does not necessarily indicate IQ; smart people do dumb things...if you need proof of that, Einstein smoked, Pierre Curie was run over while crossing the street, and Von Braun supported the Nazi party.
|
|
Mez
AfterDawn Addict
|
31. July 2011 @ 08:33 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by DXR88:
Originally posted by Mez:
Only cattle use iE. They are not smart enough to install anything better and probably iE is more than they need.
unfortunately its not the fact they don't know how to install, its more along the reasons of why bother, and what a pain. why bother because as far as Joe Blow is concerned it works fine what Joe don't know is that its one of the most vulnerable browsers to date, and why would he joe ain't a tecky.
Why bother is good enough for me. I believe in good enough.
I need to use IE at work and I need to use IE at home if I am streaming DRMed training videos.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. July 2011 @ 08:37
|
|
ddp
Moderator
|
31. July 2011 @ 13:23 |
Link to this message
|
|
marcusj0015, post edited.
|
|
klassic
Member
|
3. August 2011 @ 10:00 |
Link to this message
|
|
AD, you may want to update this article as it appears the company behind this "research" is a sham. Very newly formed website with images stolen from other companies.
I wanna devise a virus and bring dire straights to your environments. Crush your corporations with a mild touch, trash the whole computer systems and revert you to papyrus - Deltron 3030
|
Senior Member
|
3. August 2011 @ 10:20 |
Link to this message
|
|
Senior Member
1 product review
|
3. August 2011 @ 10:54 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by bobiroc:
This story turned out to be an elaborate hoax
I kinda had a feeling this was going to be the case. Too many journalists jump at the chance to be #1 that they refuse to do their homework.
You can beat a man half to death & he'll still try to stand, but challenge the intellect of his dog & you get this mess.
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
AfterDawn Addict
1 product review
|
4. August 2011 @ 22:48 |
Link to this message
|
Originally posted by LordRuss:
You can beat a man half to death & he'll still try to stand, but challenge the intellect of his dog & you get this mess.
That is why I like cats...no intellect whatsoever...and she sure loves Fox News.
|
|
