The thing with design is that it is very hard to please everyone
Of course you can improve it, but I wouldn't want you to be upset if we end up changing it or going in a different way...
Also we had a thought that this could be the layout for the Community Wiki first page, what do you think? Maybe it could be at
http://ecere.com/sdk/
One worry is whether your design will accommodate all the contents the main page currently links to (Even though at the moment, a lot of those links on the front page point to temporary contents, and we might get rid of some links)
About the Download button, as a home page for a piece of software, I still want to have an easy big download button to:
1. Make it clear that the software is readily available, for free
2. Make it easy for people who already know and use the software and want to install it on a new machine, or upgrade to a new version
3. If the rest of the page is convincing enough, e.g. with your design that makes it so clear that Ecere is what everyone sohuld use, one might want to just install it and try it out (The SDK comes with the programmer's guide, samples, API reference, the IDE which has a relative intuitive interface for creating new projects and bringing up the form designer)
What I liked about my reflective floor design was that it scales nicely to big displays, taking up the whole space, yet still looks fine on small resolutions.
I think your page design is kind of what we want for our 'Learn More' page.
Regards,
Jerome