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Internet Explorer users lack in smarts
인터넷 익스플로러 사용자는 스마트하지 못해?
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Do Internet browsers correlate with the intelligence of users? An analysis in Canada claimed that Internet Explorer (IE) users tend to have a lower intelligence quotient (IQ) than users of other browsers. If true, it would be unpleasant news for Koreans as they boast the highest ratio of IE users in the world.

By Yoon Ja-young

Do Internet browsers correlate with the intelligence of users? An analysis in Canada claimed that Internet Explorer (IE) users tend to have a lower intelligence quotient (IQ) than users of other browsers. If true, it would be unpleasant news for Koreans as they boast the highest ratio of IE users in the world.

“It has been suggested that individuals on the lower end of the IQ scale tend to keep using outdated versions of antique web browsers,” AptiQuant, a psychometric consulting company in Canada, said in a report titled “Intelligence Quotient and Browser Usage.” To verify the suggestion, it gave an IQ test to over 100,000 online users, most of whom visited the company website from search engines to take an IQ test.

“A significant number of individuals with a low score on the cognitive test were found to use Microsoft IE versions 6.0 to 9.0,” it said.

Those using IE version 6.0 scored a little higher than 80, followed by IE version 7.0 users. The average IQ of IE users, regardless of version, was below 100. Those using other web browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari, meanwhile, scored between 100 and 120. The IQ of those using Chrome Frame, Camino and Opera averaged over 120, with Opera users scoring the highest.

The company also compared the results to a previous study from 2006, where users of IE got significantly higher IQ scores than the current IE users. “The comparison clearly suggests that more people on the higher side of IQ scale have moved away from IE in the last 5 years,” it added.

Koreans sticking to IE

The analysis, though it was done only with people from English-speaking countries, is irritating for people here. According to June statistics by Statcounter, 92.55 percent of Internet users here stick to IE, which compares with 43.58 percent globally. Chrome users take up only 4.19 percent while one out of five people have chosen the browser by Google globally. The ratio of Firefox users stands at 2.2 percent, far below the global 28.34 percent. Safari users account for less than 1 percent and other browsers and negligible here.

Even worse, many IE users continue to use the outdated version — 17.72 percent using version 6.0 and 17.95 percent 7.0.

Experts cite a host of reasons for this.

An Internet analyst said that the wrong government policy explains why a host of people in Korea stick to IE. “The financial regulator had forced the use of public-key certificate and security programs, and the industry rendered Active X, which functions only on IE browsers, as the easiest way to satisfy the demand. Active X has dominated Internet banking and shopping for a decade, and it is almost impossible to do anything online on a different browser,” he said.

According to Microsoft Korea, some people aren’t upgrading the browser as their Windows XP is an illegal copy and are not entitled to many of the upgrades. Microsoft is the biggest victim of rampant piracy here.

In a loud wakeup call the government now renders a low version of browsers as a problem. IE 6.0 lacks web compatibility, with some popular sites suspending support. It is also vulnerable to viruses as the security patch doesn’t upgrade automatically.

“IE 6.0 was launched in August 2001, and will mark its 10th anniversary. It is old, but it is still used extensively in Korea, exposing users to many problems,” the Korea Communications Commission announced on July 13, starting a campaign to encourage the use of diversified and upgraded browsers.

인터넷 익스플로러 사용자는 스마트하지 못해?
인터넷 브라우저가 사용자의 지능과 관계가 있을까? 캐나다에서 발표된 연구는 인터넷 익스플로러 사용자들이 다른 브라우저 사용자들보다 IQ 낮다고 주장했다. 만약 사실이라면, 세계에서 가장 높은 인터넷 익스플로러 사용비율을 자랑하는 한국인들에게는 불쾌한 소식이 될 것이다. “IQ가 낮은 사람들은 오래된 브라우저의 낡은 버전을 계속 사용하는 경향이 있다는 주장이 있었습니다,” 캐나다의 심리측정 컨설팅 업체인 압티퀀트사는 “IQ와 브라우저 사용”이라는 보고서에서 지적했다. 이러한 주장을 증명하기 위해, 이 업체는 대부분 IQ테스트를 검색해 이 업체 웹사이트로 들어온 10만명 이상의 인터넷 사용자들에게 IQ 테스트를 실시했다. “인지력 검사에서 낮은 점수를 받은 상당수의 사람들이 마이크로소프트사의 인터넷 익스플로러 버전 6 에서 9를 사용하고 있었습니다,” 이 업체는 발표했다. 익스플로러 6을 사용하는 사람들은 80점 조금 넘게 받았고, 익스플로러 7 사용자들이 그보다 조금 높았다. 버전에 상관없이 익스플로러 사용자들의 평균 IQ는 100 미만이었다. 파이어폭스, 크롬, 사파리 사용자들은 100-120 사이를 받았으며, 크롬 프레임을 설치하였거나, 카미노, 오페라를 사용하는 사람들은 120이 넘었고, 오페라 사용자가 가장 높았다. 이 업체는 2006년 연구결과와도 비교를 했는데, 당시 익스플로러 사용자들이 현재의 익스플로러 사용자들보다 IQ가 훨씬 높았다. “IQ가 높은 사람들 상당수가 지난 5년 동안이 익스플로러를 떠났다는 걸 의미합니다,” 라고 이 업체는 덧붙였다. 익스플로러를 계속 쓰는 한국인들 비록 이 분석이 영어권 국가 사용자들만 대상으로 했지만, 한국인들에게는 기분 나쁜 일이다. Statcounter의 6월 통계에 의하면 한국 인터넷 사용자들의 92.55퍼센트가 익스플로러를 사용하고 있다. 전세계적으로는 43.58퍼센트만이 사용하고 있다. 한국인의 4.19퍼센트만이 크롬을 사용하는 반면 전세계인 다섯명 중 한 명은 이 구글 브라우저를 선택했다. 파이어폭스 사용자 비율은 2.2퍼센트인데, 전세계 평균인 28.34퍼센트에 훨씬 못 미친다. 사파리 사용자는 1퍼센트 미만이며 다른 브라우저 사용자들은 거의 무시할 수준이다. 더 나쁜 소식은, 많은 익스플로러 사용자들이 오래된 버전을 사용하고 있다는 점이다. _ 17.72퍼센트가 버전 6을 사용하고 있으며 17.95퍼센트는 7을 사용한다. 전문가들은 여기에 몇가지 원인이 있다고 지적한다. 한 인터넷 전문가는 정부의 잘못된 정책이 한국인들의 익스플로러 집착을 낳았다고 말한다. “금융당국이 공인인증서와 보안프로그램 사용을 강제했는데 업체들은 익스플로러에서 작동되는 액티브엑스가 이 요구를 만족시키는 가장 쉬운 방법이라고 생각했습니다. 액티브 엑스가 10년 동안 인터넷 뱅킹이나 쇼핑을 지배하다 보니 다른 브라우저로 뭘 하는게 거의 불가능해진 것이지요,” 그가 말했다. 한국 마이크로소프트사에 의하면 어떤 사람들은 그들의 윈도우 XP가 불법복제품이어서 업그레이드를 잘 받지 못하기 때문에 브라우저 업데이트를 하지 않고 있다. 마이크로소프트사는 한국에서 횡행하는 불법복제의 가장 큰 피해자이기도 하다. 이러한 경종 가운데, 정부도 이제 낮은 버전의 익스플로러를 문젯거리로 인식하고 있다. 익스플로러 6은 호환성이 떨어져 어떤 인기사이트에서는 지원을 중단했다. 보안패치 업그레이드가 자동적으로 이루어지지 않기 때문에 바이러스에도 취약하다. “익스플로러 6은 2001년 8월에 출시되서 이제 10주년이 됩니다. 오래됐는데도 한국에서는 여전히 널리 쓰이고 있어서 사용자들을 많은 문제에 노출시키고 있습니다,” 방송통신위원회가 7월 13일, 다양하고 버전이 높은 브라우저 사용을 권장하는 캠페인을 시작하면서 발표했다.
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