OK, so I've been around here for a couple of days, participating . I enjoy the Talk section a lot. And the two newbie threads are great.

However, there are a couple of things with the maemo.org site as such which are perplexing to me:

1. I made a mistake and registered with a capital G. For this I'm punished with a login error every time I log in, despite actually being able to log in. My profile name is not changeable. What is it about capital letters this site finds so terrible?
2. I find after a couple of tries that I need to register separately for other tabs, such as Community.
3. When I register for those tabs I'm hurled away to some maemo.garage place where I complete my registration.
4. Suddenly, my control over what is and what isn't published of my profile is lost, and what is published does not correspond to what I have agreed to shall be published. When I try to make changes they are not effectuated.
5. I have to write a mail to the admins, generating unnecessary work on both sides.
6. I need to link back from the other tabs to the talk tab to access with the same profile. How to do this is obscure to me. And why it is needed is also unclear.
7. Instructions that I need to register multiple times need to be incessantly repeated for a blockhead like myself to understand. I have not consciously seen this information.
8. Instructions that I can only register with lower case letters need to be incessantly repeated for a blockhead like myself to understand. I had seen this info when registering, it just didn't register. Better still, it should not be possible to register with a capital letter if the system cannot handle it.

If the N900 is the success it seems it will be at the moment, there will be a flood of new ignorant users joining this space, and admins will be overworked. In my opinion this place is in need of a site map and a how to page upon entrance to facilitate for a newbie.

Thanks for the soapbox.