Internet Explorer Users Have Below Average IQs

Are users of other Web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer?

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."

QuickScopingMoron wrote:Lol. There's nothing wrong with ie9. It's because other browsers have more issues, and need for users to fix them...
Lol. I actually don't know...

QuickScopingMoron wrote:It's because other browsers have more issues, and need for users to fix them...

QuickScopingMoron wrote:I actually don't know...

SF-Pantsu wrote:I don't always use IE but when I do,

I use that shit to download Firefox

かなで wrote:If I can get my work done

jooseizon SENRYAKU wrote:http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/gallery/All/search?p=kanade&search.x=0&search.y=0
now get off IE, barka.

Erik wrote:>Opera User

Hi guys.

Coxmuncher wrote:

Erik wrote:>Opera User

Hi guys.

I ragequit Opera because my aquarium add-on wouldn't save and I put like 10 hours into that shit.