To all Internet Explorer users

[HotelUser]

If people don't care what they are missing then clearly it isn't as bad as you say. Just because it lacks certain novelty features doesn't mean it is ultimately the most useless browser in the world. If it can load websites as well as can be expected, then it is a suitable browser. Heck, IE9 is pretty decent when you consider the problems Chrome, Firefox and other browsers come with

Think of it as proof in the pudding. The specifications may hint towards one side, but the usage is what really matters.

I would totally agree with you that IE9 is a OK browser. But I just couldn't bring myself to use it because of a lack of plugins, updates, and there's just the small things it doesn't support like text-shadow, which again every other major browser does support.

I'm sticking with saying users don't notice it as much as developers. 9 times out of 10 it runs in every browser but turns into a lemon when you run it on IE

[peteyt]

Interestingly my website which is still not live - launches in September, had a little issue. While I run/own it I have a web designer who does the actual design/coding of the website.

For some reason the website worked on every browser bar internet explorer 9 I believe. We have fixed this but it does prove there must be something up.

I used to use Firefox till random plugin crashes a lot. I use Chrome now, but it does get occasional flash crashes if you have more than one flash video, game etc. running. And while apparently it claims it will stop tabs that crash and not effect the others it often isn't the case, often with one site causing the whole browser to freeze. It could be that my PC is getting on now, but I do think Chrome does have a little bit to go.

However, it is updated regularly. Who remembers the massive gap between internet explorer 6 and 7 coming with the brand new tab feature, Microsoft trying to make it sound brand new, with most people (at least technical people) knowing browsers like Firefox had had them a few years at least.

Microsoft might have gotten a little bit better in my opinion, updating software more often, usually yearly, but to me it isn't really enough. With new technologies coming on a regular basis, a company needs to be ahead of the game. Firefox might be going too far, releasing full new number versions with hardly any changes, but at least it means it is constantly working to improve the browser and add new features while as by the time Microsoft do create a new update, the stuff they've implemented is old, and there's new technology already out there.

[Jack!]

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."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology...medium=twitter

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[HotelUser]

Here here, a bad browser indeed!

[GommeInc]

Thread has been moved it seems, so may as well edit this to make some sort of sense

The article is dreadfully written and the one behind the study seems to be studying towards a Doctrate in Trollology. It's not really a convincing argument against IE and doesn't really go into the details of the test and what the people using IE do online. Chances are they are just happy using the browser and see no reason to do the quiz. Heck, maybe the majority of these casual "browsers" do not do quizzes or see their purpose, while younger, naive IE users maybe happy to do anything with the word "Test" on the webpage.

I would quite like to see what were the age ranges for the tests.

[FlyingJesus]

IE6 users =/= all IE users, people on IE8 scored far higher although admittedly still lower than a lot of alternatives. Report is written badly lol, but even so it's not a reason to ditch IE. That's like saying Rooney's an idiot therefore I shouldn't play football. The day a browser comes out that isn't ugly as sin or missing decent features (such as Chrome's apparent inability to even save recently typed addresses) I might switch, but currently me and my 155 IQ are fine with IE

[Recursion]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology...medium=twitter

Threads merged by Recursion (Forum Moderator): Already posted.

This report was ripped apart days ago by someone like GommeInc or GoldenMerc (I can't really remember who).

Here here, a bad browser indeed!

Stop trolling.

[HotelUser]

This report was ripped apart days ago by someone like GommeInc or GoldenMerc (I can't really remember who).



Stop trolling.

Contrary to popular belief Tom when someone disagrees with you it doesn't mean they're trolling every time.

Internet Explorer is a horrible browser and fails to adhere to the modern standards of web development.

On a side note why is your name purple? Dressing like a female in the help desk, purple forum name today - is there something you wish to tell us

[FlyingJesus]

brb waiting to see a page that I actually want to go on that doesn't work in IE

[HotelUser]

brb waiting to see a page that I actually want to go on that doesn't work in IE

Many web developers create modifications or even second versions of different fragments of source code just so their websites will be compatible with Internet Explorer. Often pages will load on Internet Explorer and will be at minimal functionality. IE8 users or even IE9 users will never browse the internet and observe that pages look as nice, and function as fluidly as they do on counterpart browsers because this is never the case. Even after developers have gone out of their way to create lengthy compatibility patches for Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer still doesn't support Text-Shadow, Border-Radius, Gradients, a variety of transparency in PNG images.

The users who use Internet Explorer are not power users. They're users who are using what is standard of their operating system. Educated internet users don't switch to Internet Explorer from alternative browsers for a better browsing experience. They only use it because it's the Windows flagship browser. When users want a better browsing experience they typically research and select an alternative browser to use. Rarely does the decision fall upon Internet Explorer because rarely this is a plausible alternative browser to use when there are clear betters.