Sshhhhh jaffa will soon think we listen to him

Still theres a few suggestions and options here.... (Linking both ideas)

1) The news forum area that moves the large posts into an area, and helps uinform weekly news etc...

2) A visible banner on the pages - or a pre-loader information message. (Off some type somewhere, controlled by sensible clever mods and admins...)

I have to admit from a noobish users point of view having something at 'my' first port of call would be very usefull... to a visible banner on talk.maemo
As Quim i think pointed out, others have other starting pages, so putting them sitewide would also be beneficial....

Either way they both serve the same'ish purpose and help people, but in different ways
one is immediate read now - (Or in some cases, ignore now and post....)
And the other is digestable in larger chunks as a bulletin.