Inside the mind of a young IT Professional
Seems I’m running a little late on this one…
Beta 2 of Firefox 3.0 was released a few days ago (18th of December 2007). I’ve yet to test it…you know how manic things get right before the seasonal holidays!
Things improved in Beta 2:
If you get your password wrong 3 times in a row, Play.com automatically takes you to the “send me my password” page.
This is a great usability touch. It’s pretty likely that if you’ve entered your password wrong three times, you’ve forgotten it. Removing the hassle of looking around for the “Forgot your password?” link is a very nice, and welcome, judgement call.
Instead of wasting money on greetings cards which will, ultimately, end up in the bin, Matrix Communications sent out Merry Christmas e-mails and donated the money they would have spent on cards to MacMillan Cancer Support.
Brilliant, and also quite ‘Green’ 
Taken this morning from my desk at DisplayLink’s office in Cambridge, England.
Phil is an IT Professional working at DisplayLink in Cambridge, England. He generally blogs about useful solutions that he comes across in his work/play.
