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Mon Aug-01-11 01:26 AM
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| 67. I use firefox. Infer what you will. |
| -Study: Dumb People Use Internet Explorer |
IDemo |
Jul-30-11 12:41 PM |
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Not as true as it used to be. IE has made huge improvements, FF is stuck in a rut, and... |
Rabblevox |
Jul-30-11 12:50 PM |
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Yep. IMO FF is now the dumb people browser. |
tridim |
Jul-30-11 01:06 PM |
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FF with ad block and no script is amazing...and fast |
jzodda |
Jul-30-11 02:37 PM |
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that's because it suck up so much memory |
notadmblnd |
Jul-30-11 03:55 PM |
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I do not understand why anyone on DU would feel the need to mock anyone for using the tools they are |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:12 PM |
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A person would have to be pretty dumb to use IE9. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 12:51 PM |
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Maybe they don't know enough to know there are other browsers, search engines, etc. nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Jul-30-11 12:52 PM |
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"dumb" means one is unable to speak |
Beaverhausen |
Jul-30-11 12:54 PM |
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I am dumb |
Worried senior |
Jul-30-11 12:58 PM |
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That would be "I ARE dumb." |
WinkyDink |
Jul-30-11 03:41 PM |
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According to Merriam Webster and popular usage, it also means stupid |
IDemo |
Jul-30-11 12:58 PM |
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i`ve never used IE... |
madrchsod |
Jul-30-11 12:58 PM |
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IT staff at a former employer refused to allow for any browser except MIE |
hlthe2b |
Jul-30-11 01:01 PM |
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Maybe the IT staff you were talking to had no choice |
47of74 |
Jul-30-11 02:01 PM |
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They were the top... for a small government agency... |
hlthe2b |
Jul-30-11 02:34 PM |
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That's different |
47of74 |
Jul-30-11 08:34 PM |
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We are still required to support IE6 (!) at work |
Lance_Boyle |
Aug-03-11 06:40 AM |
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Most of the reason I use it at home is because I have to support it |
undeterred |
Jul-30-11 03:12 PM |
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I was referring to the old security hole-ladened versions... |
hlthe2b |
Jul-30-11 03:40 PM |
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LOL! So TRUE! Spouse insists on IE, I keep changing him to - |
lynne |
Jul-30-11 01:01 PM |
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Now that I agree with - sometimes it takes forever to open because |
jwirr |
Jul-30-11 02:18 PM |
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Oh, my! Did you just call your spouse stupid? If he is so dumb, why are you still married? |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:16 PM |
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Uhm maybe he married her because he is stupid? |
L0oniX |
Jul-30-11 03:54 PM |
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IE = Internet Exploder. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-30-11 01:01 PM |
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If it's IE6 then I agree wholeheartedly |
Ezlivin |
Jul-30-11 01:03 PM |
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I talked to some business people yesterday who were using IE6 |
BuelahWitch |
Jul-30-11 03:11 PM |
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Well...it tends to be true |
Aerows |
Jul-30-11 01:04 PM |
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I have spellcheck and adblock in IE. |
tridim |
Jul-30-11 01:07 PM |
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Firefox has long been my browser of choice b/c I like to mix and match extensions and add-ons |
Urban Prairie |
Jul-30-11 01:08 PM |
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Worse are those who develop sites that will only run properly on IE |
hootinholler |
Jul-30-11 01:10 PM |
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Ironically, as a coder and developer, FF has been pissing me off since day one. |
tridim |
Jul-30-11 01:18 PM |
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I use IE 8 because I HAVE to for university |
laundry_queen |
Jul-30-11 01:10 PM |
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Office 2010 64-bit broke my IE, which then decided to make accessing my AOL Mail |
kestrel91316 |
Jul-30-11 01:19 PM |
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At work we just went to IE 8 |
47of74 |
Jul-30-11 01:56 PM |
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I thought dumb people used AOL. ;) |
InvisibleTouch |
Jul-30-11 02:04 PM |
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We started out with AOL |
47of74 |
Jul-30-11 02:17 PM |
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Is that ClearWire? |
InvisibleTouch |
Jul-30-11 02:37 PM |
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It's a local company |
47of74 |
Jul-30-11 08:44 PM |
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It has been my experience that most people used AOL only for |
hlthe2b |
Jul-31-11 06:05 PM |
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I use it because my daughter, a network analyst for a major corporation |
jwirr |
Jul-30-11 02:14 PM |
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mean thread title |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-30-11 02:15 PM |
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Kind of a dumb study really |
jberryhill |
Jul-30-11 02:29 PM |
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I use IE. I would gladly match IQ with anyone on DU. My life is time sensitive, |
bluestate10 |
Jul-30-11 02:40 PM |
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Hey, bluestate--check out some of my responses on this very obnoxious thread. |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:25 PM |
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Likewise, plus Jeopardy. |
WinkyDink |
Jul-30-11 03:44 PM |
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I use a combo of IE and Mozilla. |
bigwillq |
Jul-30-11 02:41 PM |
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Believe it--and I use none of those. |
tjdee |
Jul-30-11 02:43 PM |
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Please see my post #36 below. I do NOT lack imagination to seek |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:09 PM |
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Really? Because I'm finding the IE haters to be insufferable twits. But that's just "my experience." |
WinkyDink |
Jul-30-11 03:43 PM |
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Their level of computer literacy has no influence on which browser they use... right? |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jul-30-11 02:45 PM |
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Right behind you. |
Habibi |
Jul-30-11 09:13 PM |
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Well...you said it well. At least...one thing. |
Shandris |
Aug-01-11 01:38 AM |
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Probably just an artifact of 'default' |
saras |
Jul-30-11 02:58 PM |
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Well, averages are just that. Many of us older folks use |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:06 PM |
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I use four different browsers. None are IE. I remove IE from my computers, Adobe Acrobat, too. |
NYC_SKP |
Jul-30-11 03:07 PM |
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Well, good for you. Thank goodness you will get to heaven now. |
tblue37 |
Jul-30-11 03:22 PM |
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And all smart people are vegetarians and use Macs and vote Green party |
undeterred |
Jul-30-11 03:10 PM |
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"Asinine" is the mildest term I can use. (P.S. Non-IE users here: BFD!) |
WinkyDink |
Jul-30-11 03:40 PM |
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The only thing worse is the Nutscrape AOL browser. |
L0oniX |
Jul-30-11 03:51 PM |
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Official Microsoft site to stop usage of IE6..... |
steve2470 |
Jul-30-11 04:04 PM |
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Incurious. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 04:31 PM |
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Incurious and fearful of change. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-31-11 02:32 PM |
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love google chrome - just because it saves keystrokes...but for |
Laura PourMeADrink |
Jul-30-11 08:59 PM |
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My IQ is so high, I don't even need a browser to surf the web. |
BlueJazz |
Jul-30-11 09:18 PM |
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Storing all those cookies is going to kill you though |
Ezlivin |
Jul-30-11 09:58 PM |
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I usually get some milk & eat those cookies...although they taste a little like... |
BlueJazz |
Jul-31-11 02:11 PM |
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IE6 users' IQ == 6 |
Matariki |
Jul-31-11 02:53 PM |
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For a completely different result, graph yearly income vs. browser use... |
saras |
Aug-01-11 01:16 AM |
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I use firefox. Infer what you will. |
LetTimmySmoke |
Aug-01-11 01:26 AM |
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Mozilla Firefox runs good for me |
guitar man |
Aug-01-11 01:31 AM |
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Okay, the reason that IE-6 correlated with the lowest IQ is because of the lurking variable... |
LetTimmySmoke |
Aug-01-11 01:32 AM |
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Study brought to by Steve Jobs and McMann and Tate |
Safetykitten |
Aug-01-11 01:40 AM |
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From reading this thread it seems that IE users don't understand how to evaluate evidence. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-01-11 01:51 AM |
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Internet Explorer story was bogus |
muriel_volestrangler |
Aug-03-11 06:35 AM |
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