The current one is problematic, with at least the following issues:
The logo is way too big, distracting from the actually relevant contents (information and links)
The copyright date is outdated (fixed but not deployed); and more importantly it doesn't update automatically to the current year (unnecessary maintenance burden)
There's no one-line overview that can help new users understand what the project is all about ("async I/O for Lua" isn't sufficient)
Outdated links to dead resources (Google mailing list, IRC) should probably be removed
Poor presentation of the main features (focus on what actually matters, more technical details should be saved for later)
Provides no links to proper documentation (there's none, but that's a separate issue)
The text in the footer is difficult to read, due to having low contrast (fixed but not deployed)
No direct download link is provided for the most common platforms (especially Windows)
Steps that could be taken to alleviate these issues:
[x] Reduce logo size (and change the layout to use horizontal space better?)
[x] The copyright text uses the current year automatically
[x] Added a one-line summary (similar to NodeJS, but with slightly more detail)
[x] All links are pointing to the redesigned documentation and broken links fail the build
[ ] Rewrite the feature paragraphs (probably best after the Luvit 3.0 redesign?)
[ ] Proper documentation does exist and can easily be reached from the landing page (WIP)
[x] Links to mailing list and IRC are removed (link to GitHub and Discord instead)
[x] Change font color in the footer to increase contrast with the background (black is better than white)
[x] Add direct download links right on the landing page (should likely offer installers/multiselect etc., but that's for later)
The current one is problematic, with at least the following issues:
Steps that could be taken to alleviate these issues: