Technician Tuesday: A Wi-Fi analyzer from Matt Hafner and some things I like about his website

How I got there.

The December 2022 issue of Maximum PC magazine (link takes you to magazine subscription page, Maximum PC does not have online archives at this time) recommended the Wi-Fi signal analyzer program from Matt Hafner, at MattHafner.com.

(A side question: I know periodicals like Maximum PC get their titles italicized when cited, but I’m not sure about personal websites. That is something for me to look up another time.)

I’ve downloaded and installed his Wi-Fi analyzer on one Windows 10 PC already. I like it. It works. I can already see my current 2.4 GHz router channel setting might be too close to another nearby network’s channel.

Why I lingered.

I’m also impressed by Matt Hafner’s own website.

It is easy for me to navigate.

His affiliate link was marked by an asterisk with “* Affiliate-Link: I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you!” as an explanation below. That is very elegant in my opinion. For someone who knows what an affiliate link is they can quickly see that it’s an affiliate link. And for someone who doesn’t know what an affiliate link is, he’s provided a clear explanation and the name so they’ll know what affiliate links are the next time they run across the term.

His photos and videos seem to be the main focus of his website. He doesn’t crowd the page with zillions of each, but presents enough I can get an idea of what his work looks like. There’s clear links to find more videos and photos if I want.

I’ve started reading privacy policies and terms and conditions on websites and programs. His website privacy policy is one of the clearer and more straightforward website privacy policies I’ve seen in a while. The privacy policy on the Wi-Fi analyzer app is also easy to read and answers my questions.

I came to his website to download the Wi-Fi analyzer app. I browsed through most of the website, and I’m writing about it now, because the design was that nice to look at and interact with. That’s really good web design.