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Ärende: IE users "lower IQ"
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Hi, everyone-

I found this online today and thought it was rather funny.  Now I don't really
agree with the article but in tech support circles it's always been assumed
that this was true. <G>

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From: http://tinyurl.com/4xagmd4

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

11:19AM BST 01 Aug 2011



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."
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Later,
Sean

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