I'm not flaming anyone. I'm not trying to start an argument.

A legitimate... well somewhat legitimate study was done that says that the average IQ of people who use IE is lower.

I loved this quote:

Leonard Howard wrote:

I just want to make it clear that the report released by my company did not suggest that if you use IE that means you have a low IQ, but what it really says is that if you have a low IQ then there are high chances that you use Internet Explorer.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/29/prweb8683539.DTL


Sources:
http://www.aptiquant.com/news/is-internet-explorer-for-the-dumb-a-new-study-suggests-exactly-that/
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/%5Bprimary-term%5D/can_your_browser_choice_really_betray_your_true_iq

The-Excel wrote:

True geniuses use Links.

Links is shit...

Lynx is where its at!

Klimbatize wrote:

I just completed a study that showed that only people with sub-average IQs post in threads started by GPFontaine. ...oh shit.

Does that default me to a certain level of intellect as the thread starter?

... oh shit. I guess I'm a poster now too.

UsaSatsui wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote: I use IE out of spite, because loud smug assholes are always telling me to use something else. Fuck you, techies, I ain't no fucking sheep. I blaze my own trail in life. If there was a "like" button on that post, I'd click it. Not because I use IE, but because I agree with the reasoning.

I don't know about blazing anything, but you are definitely smoking Microsoft so hard and convincingly that you might win an AVN award if you keep it up.

joshwoodzy wrote:

GPFontaine wrote: I'm not flaming anyone. I'm not trying to start an argument. If you weren't purposefully trying to be somewhat of a dick, you wouldn't have titled the thread "Dumb People Use Internet Explorer" as that's not the name of the study. You were being kind of dickish about it. I would argue that people who have simple needs and don't give a shit about tech stuff use IE because they don't know any better. No reason to be mean spirited about it.

You are correct, the people who did the study named their blog article about their study something else:

Quote:

Is Internet Explorer For The Dumb? A New Study Suggests Exactly That.

http://www.aptiquant.com/news/is-internet-explorer-for-the-dumb-a-new-study-suggests-exactly-that/

I posted that source in my original post.

Also, I use IE all the time, just not as my primary browser. I force hundreds of thousands of browser sessions for thousands of people in IE because it is controllable through Group Policy and can be completely locked down. IE has its place and is good at what it does under the correct circumstances.

As for my comments in response to Syd, I was just being stubborn in response to his stubbornness.

If you want a technological breakdown about the browsers, this isn't the best thread for it. It was an interesting news article and is even more interesting because people who take this shit too seriously are threatening to sue the people who made the study.

Mr. Satire wrote:

ToGdor wrote: What the results didn't show was the dismal IQ scores of Safari users. Does that include MobileSafari? (the one on the iPod, iPad and iPhone) It better not, because I use it. (Not that I have a choice when it comes to those devices) EDIT: I think you wouldn't call the IQ of Safari users 'dismal'. On the study, Safari users are more smart than even Firefox and Chrome.

I have a theory about why Safari and Camino generates such high IQ averages.

The products are expensive consumer products with an extremely high focus on the educational market. In the real world Macs vs PCs are purchased by consumers in a ratio of 9:1, while on college campuses Macs are owned by about 50% of the student population.

That explains why the default Mac browser may be ranked so highly. As far as Camino goes though, it appears that any time a person must make a choice about a browser, rather than accepting the default, the IQ average is higher. If we have already established that the Macs are primarily owned by a higher IQ crowd, then their owners already start ahead of the curve. The ones who choose an alternative browser fall into the next higher average .

This is just me guessing based on the results and knowing about the average demographic of users at colleges vs computer choice.