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    http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


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    David Crow
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    IE8 and IE9.

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      http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


      I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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      Rutvik Dave
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      No comment :)

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        http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


        I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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        Steve Maier
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        It does not make you dumb. People that use it have an average IQ lower than the average population. So it does not make you dumb, just that if you use IE, the you are dumb. That is what the study is saying, not me. I use all browsers to test out my web sites, so I do have to use IE.

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          http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


          I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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          Ian Shlasko
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          Hold down your Ctrl key, and hit the down arrow three times :)

          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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            http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


            I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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            AspDotNetDev
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            *cough* repost of repost *cough*. IE8, FF, Chrome. Depends on usage. For Code Project, I typically use IE8.

            Martin Fowler wrote:

            Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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              http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


              I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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              Steve Mayfield
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              Since I am still using W2K at work, I'm stuck with IE6 :(

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                http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


                I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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                CMullikin
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                This may be the king of all reposts. Look down three topics... :laugh: :laugh:

                The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                  This may be the king of all reposts. Look down three topics... :laugh: :laugh:

                  The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                  CMullikin
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                  Too slow. Now mine is a repost... :((

                  The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                    It does not make you dumb. People that use it have an average IQ lower than the average population. So it does not make you dumb, just that if you use IE, the you are dumb. That is what the study is saying, not me. I use all browsers to test out my web sites, so I do have to use IE.

                    Steve Maier

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                    Steve Mayfield
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                    or, we are so brilliant, we know all of the workarounds to make it work anyway (most of the time)

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                      This may be the king of all reposts. Look down three topics... :laugh: :laugh:

                      The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                      Steve Mayfield
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                      but, this one did ask what browser we were using ;)

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                        This may be the king of all reposts. Look down three topics... :laugh: :laugh:

                        The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                        Sorry, I read slow. I'm using IE :laugh:


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                        • I Ian Shlasko

                          Hold down your Ctrl key, and hit the down arrow three times :)

                          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                          Sorry, I read slow. I'm using IE :laugh:


                          I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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                            Sorry, I read slow. I'm using IE :laugh:


                            I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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                            AspDotNetDev
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                            Just just don't learn, do you?

                            Martin Fowler wrote:

                            Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                            • S Steve Mayfield

                              Since I am still using W2K at work, I'm stuck with IE6 :(

                              Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                              Albert Holguin
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                              boo! ...find a new job... ;P

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                                http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


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                                Albert Holguin
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                                That's pretty funny... makes sense though, most people that use IE use it because it was already installed not because they prefer it over other browsers.

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                                  Since I am still using W2K at work, I'm stuck with IE6 :(

                                  Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                                  Chris Losinger
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                                  Steve Mayfield wrote:

                                  still using W2K at work

                                  :wtf: wow.

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                                  • A Albert Holguin

                                    That's pretty funny... makes sense though, most people that use IE use it because it was already installed not because they prefer it over other browsers.

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                                    AspDotNetDev
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                                    Good point. Part of the correlation could be due to people with more intelligence being given more choice, in general. Could also be that more intelligent people more often gravitate toward technical competence.

                                    Martin Fowler wrote:

                                    Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                                      http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


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                                      Joe Woodbury
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                                      I use IE8 at work, Firefox 5 at home. I don't notice much of a difference except Firefox 5 bluescreens my home XP system and both are massive memory hogs if you leave them running. The Firefox Flash plug-in also sometimes goes crazy and uses up all CPU. I like both better than Chrome, Opera or IE9.

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                                        http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/29/internet.explorer.dumb/index.html[^] What browser (internet thingy for IE folks) are you using?


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                                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                                        IE - I think.  How can I tell? ;P /ravi

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                                        • A AspDotNetDev

                                          Good point. Part of the correlation could be due to people with more intelligence being given more choice, in general. Could also be that more intelligent people more often gravitate toward technical competence.

                                          Martin Fowler wrote:

                                          Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                                          jsc42
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                                          AspDotNetDev wrote:

                                          correlation could be due to people with more intelligence being given more choice

                                          The article is not about intelligence - it is about IQ. There is no definition of IQ other than a measure of one's ability to do IQ tests. I am using MS-IE as I am on a locked down company system. Any company with a legacy of products will have some that were designed myopically. Mant companies still refuse to accept Open Source software as they equate it with coming from unverifiable sources, same as viruses. Also, why should a person who is intelligent necessarily be sufficiently IT savvy to change browsers? Are you, as an above average intelligent person able to to perform skills in domains that are the province of other intelligent people?

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