I'm with Jim on this one...calling attention to the issue is one thing. Bringing activity to a screeching halt is another, and more likely to turn people away than get them motivated, especially for a resource like SourceForge. While I definitely agree with calling attention to it, I'm not sure forcing the user through a landing page is the way to go either, especially if they have to do any scrolling clicking to get through to what they need. A possible compromise of Bill's compromise...a landing page that posts some brief info about the issue with a clickable link to go read further that redirects after a set time. A image / link could also be placed at the top of the left-hand column that would also direct users to more information. Ed On Jan 14, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
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