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Grrrrr

Mike - 11:15am on Wednesday April 2nd 2008

Joy of joys. SourceForge has introduced interstitial adverts, blocking your path between clicking a download link and getting the software.

I mean, it was bad enough that SourceForge doesn't save your choice of mirror, instead pointing you at all sorts of ultra-slow download locations, but this is lunacy.

This is blasphemy.

This is madness.

Aaaargh


Your comments

With Launchpad, Google Code,

Ryan Prior (not verified) - April 3, 2008 @ 4:18pm

With Launchpad, Google Code, and Savannah available for project hosting, I can't see why anybody would choose SourceForge anymore. I avoid it whenever possible.

I feel the need to make a

Rhakios (not verified) - April 3, 2008 @ 6:54pm

I feel the need to make a pun around the the word "Lacedaemonian" here, but can't think of one :-(

Further to Ryan's post,

Mike Saunders (not verified) - April 4, 2008 @ 8:35am

Further to Ryan's post, BerliOS is a good choice too.

M

At least there is a link on

Patrick G Horneker (not verified) - April 9, 2008 @ 6:11am

At least there is a link on each download page that allows you to bypass the ads. Sadly, the advertisements help fund the Sourceforge site.

Thanks for sharing. I keep

Luobotou (not verified) - April 13, 2008 @ 7:22pm

Thanks for sharing. I keep a list of reliable download sites (with a paper and pencil). Remember - there was a time when Sourceforge was the only reliable site. Gotta fund the fun, I guess. The only problem is that the Linux user shoulders the painfulness of adverts!



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