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Old 07-29-2011, 02:07 PM   #1
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:30 PM   #2
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IE9 - probably means I have a low IQ for upgrading too soon.
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:45 PM   #4
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Over the years, I have moved from IE to Firefox to Safari. My willingness to embrace change denotes a higher IQ according to this study. It is of course no surprise to me because this "scientific" study had already established my superior intelligence:

It is finally proven: Apple users are more intelligent than PC users | Intelligent Elite

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Who is an Apple user? [...] Often working in creative and professional fields, these people tend to have higher-than-average intelligence.
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:47 PM   #5
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I'm on IE9, but it's a little buggier than IE8 was (hesitates refreshing screens), so Purron is probably the smart money here. Highest IQ is probably using the version just prior to the latest.
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:48 PM   #6
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:51 PM   #7
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Y do u thk That jst cuz we UZe Explore 6 I am Dum ?
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Firefox for me. I have tried Chrome but like FF more.
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IE8. I've tried using Firefox a few times but always had some sort of trouble with it.
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Now using Firefox, it's working great.

Re: Intelligence. Well, formerly I ran a browser I designed myself one weekend running on top of an OS I designed the week prior. Yes, super fast, never a bug, immune to viruses, hardware independent. No typing, it performed searches based on detected user thought patterns. But, I missed the camaraderie and fellowship that the shared Windoze "experience" brings to fellow sufferers, so I ditched all that.

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Chrome exclusively, but used Firefox before Chrome. I did have an experience where I couldn't update firmware for a router in Chrome.

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Firefox for me. Almost flawless for past 8 years or so.
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My primary browser is Firefox, but I use IE8 and Chrome as well for some news. Websites that erect paywalls, such as NYT, track usage by browser, so when my free use quota is filled with FF I just switch to IE, etc. There are still a couple of websites that need IE for full functionality.
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:32 PM   #14
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My IQ must be really low. I don't even know which version i'm using or how to find out. I do use IE, just don't know which one. Tried Google Chrome and Firwfox but prefer IE.
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Old 07-29-2011, 04:54 PM   #15
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FF 5.0. Had to look it up.

Not sure of IQ. Had a an Army GT score of 135 in 1967, whatever that means. Could barely speaka da English.
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IE9 - probably means I have a low IQ for upgrading too soon.
My new Dell laptop came with IE9, and I have no issues with it so that is what I use at home as well.

When I am over at F.'s house, like right now, I use a POS spare computer of his that runs IE8.
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My IQ must be really low. I don't even know which version i'm using or how to find out. I do use IE, just don't know which one. Tried Google Chrome and Firwfox but prefer IE.
Took over 30 minutes but I figured out i'm using IE 8. No plans to change.
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