IE Users are not (officially) dumber than the rest

Rage

ChrisElston wrote:

Story was a hoax

This mere attempt at rehabilitating IE users is a hoax.

S Houghtelin

Code Project disbelieved it first :thumbsup::thumbsup:

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Benjano

Ah, and I thought the research published in the Daily Mash had proven this for certain: If you're using Internet Explorer, this is called a 'website'[^]

Gary Wheeler

Ohmigod. You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

Software Zen: delete this;

V 0

Reminds me of this episode...[^]

V.

OriginalGriff

Not possible: all browsers have a built in lie detector which checks via the sweat content of your mouse hand. Obviously, this function has to be disabled with pr0n sites...

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

Oakman

S Houghtelin wrote:

Code Project disbelieved it first

not everyone[^]

The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

Rutvik Dave

Forget everything, what is wikipedia saying ? :rolleyes:

Wjousts

....journalists are officially dumber than everybody else for publishing the story in the first place.

Albert Holguin

Glad to see journalists get their stories from the same place the rest of us do... random places on the internet... :laugh:

Albert Holguin

Emphasis on "officially"... :laugh:

Michael Bergman

I am just not getting all that worked up over the hoax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code[^]

m.bergman

-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.

Not Active

Damn, you can't believe anything on the web. :laugh:

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

Mark AJA

The users of some of the other less successful Web browsers like to spend more time saying how bad Internet Explorer is rather than report the bugs with their own browser.

Lost User

I think it's pretty strange that anyone would believe a browser choice has something to do with intelligence. It's a little disconcerting that people are so insecure that they need to have browser preferences validated by IQ tests. Oh, I now feel better because people who use the same browser as I do have a tendency to have a higher IQ and those that don't use my browser are dumber. I'm safe for now! I think the hoax demonstrated something much more troubling in the IT community.

Alan Burkhart

Gary Wheeler wrote:

You mean someone on the Internet... lied?!?!??

Surely this has never happened before. I'll check snopes... :-D

XAlan Burkhart

Alan Burkhart

Oakman wrote:

not everyone

Be gentle with D. You know how temperamental he is. ;)

XAlan Burkhart

Alan Burkhart

Mark AJA wrote:

The users of some of the other less successful Web browsers
like to spend more time saying how bad Internet Explorer is
rather than report the bugs with their own browser.

Bugs? What bugs? Unless you consider being standards-compliant a bug.

XAlan Burkhart

Oakman

Alan Burkhart wrote:

You know how temperamental he is

Yes, I have noticed. :rolleyes:

The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.

James Lonero

I'll second that.