Andre Yoskowitz
29 Jul 2011 23:15
According to a new survey by consulting company AptiQuant, Internet Explorer users scored lower than other browser users on a standard IQ test.
The group tested 100,000 participants while monitoring what browser they used.
A "population average" for IQ tests is 100, but Internet Explorer users scored below average. IE 6 users scored the worst of all, at just over 80. IE6 was released in 2001.
Users of Opera, Camino and Explorer with Chrome Frame scored the highest, with over 110. Opera users scored over 120.
Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were slightly above average.
Internet Explorer remains the world's most popular browser, since it comes pre-installed in new Windows builds. The browser has 43 percent market share, according to StatCounter, ahead of Firefox at 29 percent and Chrome at 19 percent.