IE users have lower IQ says study
Internet Explorer users have lower IQ says study
Does your choice of browser determine intelligence?Internet Explorer users have a lower than average IQ, according to research by Consulting firm AptiQuant.
The study gave web surfers an IQ test, then plotted their scores against the browser they used.
IE surfers were found to have an average IQ lower than people using Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Users of Camino and Opera rated highest.
The report has sparked anger from IE supporters, who have threatened AptiQuant with legal action.
Researchers gave over 100,000 web surfers a free online IQ test. Scores were stored in a database along with each person's web browser data.
The results suggested that Internet Explorer surfers had an average IQ in the low eighties. Chrome, Firefox and Safari rated over 100, while minority browsers Opera and Camino had an "exceptionally higher" score of over 120.
AptiQuant stressed that using IE doesn't mean you have low intelligence. "What it really says is that if you have a low IQ then there are high chances that you use Internet Explorer," said AptiQuant CEO Leonard Howard.
The findings have been treated with scepticism by Professor David Spiegelhalter of Cambridge University's Statistical Laboratory: "They've got IE6 users with an IQ of around eighty. That's borderline deficient, marginally able to cope with the adult world.
"I believe these figures are implausibly low - and an insult to IE users."
However, Mr Howard said he didn't feel threatened by a lawsuit: "A win in a court would only give a stamp of approval and more credibility to our report."
The Beeb were also taken in with it hahahaha...
Read about it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430
Or Epic ... Made in India!
what does it mean if I use Wolframalpha? its great you ask it question it gives you an answer. :0) www.wolframalpha.com or copernic youcan have a search engine right on you desktop.
Lol Khanan
Read carefully, the sampling used doesn't make any sense. The findings don't mean anything - just a cheap gimmick from some IE-haters. I'm personally not a fan of browser wars, but this invokes me to comment.
The findings might also mean that smart IE users are too smart to click on their silly survey. I don't know about you, but I don't click ads when I browse the internet, and certainly do not take stupid surveys! So the smarter IE users who didn't even attempt the survey did not make it into the sampling. The dumb ones actually clicked on it and failed the test. Since IE has the largest user base, it will of course also consist a considerable number of low-IQ users too. Simple math.
but I bet my IQ is higher than TB ;) hence the studies proven wrong..
Some guys who have been using IE for many years irrespective of their IQ level are not willing to change their web browser. It is like a sort of addiction to IE and nothing to do with IQ.
it been almost 4 years since i even touched IE.
Mozilla
but as a web designer you must also check the site you have made in different internet browser... even in changing screen resolution...
Firefox for some things, Chrome for others and Opera for downloads as its resume works ever time :o)Never heard of Camino though!?!?!Time to Google ... Ah, Mac Only :o(
GC user here ^_^
My work makes we use IE. Does that count :(
I am a Google Chrome user, so I am not a thickie