Use Vodafone Mobile Broadband software with my USB modem to connect to the Internet when I work in café (I usually write something in café in the morning). Every time when I plug the modem, this software pops up and prompts me to connect. The software is cool, beautifully designed and very friendly. All is cool except one small detail. Have a look at the picture...

Did you ever happen to furiously mute the sound of your computer because of a web site making it?

It is near 9 a.m. in the morning. My wife worked late yesterday and she is still sleeping. I am reading my mails before I jump to work. The owner of the blogs that I read regularly contacted me privately and asked to subscribe to his newsletter. The blog is great and the value of the newsletter is great. So I subscribed.

The subscriptions happens through a 3rd party web site. It seems that this web site wants to be "accessible"....

I have several PHP IDEs installed and switch between them sometimes. I prefer Komodo IDE for most cases but sometimes I need Zend Studio (Eclipse–based). Today is exactly that day.

There are six TYPO3 projects in my Zend Studio workspace. I tried to close one and open another. Here is what I got from Eclipse...

There is a very nice principle for designing web sites. It sound likes this: "Do not ask from user more than you really need".

I often remember this principle when I go to download sample chapters of free demos from web sites. Many of them ask for lots of data. Why, for example, they need to know my social security code or phone number? Or why do they need my e-mail if I want to download the sample chapter? Do they want to spam me?

I usually refuse to give such information because I do not see why they need it and how they will use...

There were some discussions during T3DD08, in the mailing lists and by Skype that we need some changes in TYPO3 UI. I was fighting my points hard. One of my points is: change existing and stable things only if it is absolutely necessary because people are already used to them.

I am not talking about bug fixing here. Bug fixes usually do not force people to learn new things. I am talking about changing UI in the incompatible way.

One good (or bad, depending on your views) example is repositioning of "Exit" button" in...