The first CMS-framework i ever used was Typo3. I liked the idea behind it from a technical point of view but was always disappointed from the user-experience. With Typo3 4.0, the Typo3 association hast started the “Cleaner Backup”-initiative. The release statement of today says something like, “We have finished the backup reorganization”. I have waited for this moment about 3 or more years and downloaded the Typo3 4.2 immediately, but….

yeah.. but what?

Nothing happened, this is maybe a bit unfair, but from a user’s view, really nothing happened, even simple design and UI-rules have not been followed and the old problems of the interaction design are still the same or worse (A nice new game is, “Find the Save-button”). I do not want to bash Typo3 or it’s developers, but the following points prevents me from using Typo3 as a base for new platforms. Continue reading →