I don’t know if you are planning on releasing a visual refresh of the design in addition to the content changes, but I think for version 2.0 it would be well worth it. Now, I’m not saying you need to completely change the branding of Sublime, but the I feel some fairly quick tweaks and changes could make a big difference.
Here is some content feedback on what you have so far:
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Move the download link up above the folder, perhaps to the right of the intro text
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Change “code, html and prose” to “code, markup and prose”
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Add content to the intro sentence about speed/performance: (e.g. Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You’ll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.)
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Increase the contrast of the selections at least in the multi-select example (1/6). The light gray is hard to notice what is changing in the graphic.
**Additionally, I think it would be wise to add some more in depth content at the bottom of the page talking more in depth about other features and functionality. ** Your homepage is the only place you really talk about what the editor can do, so it would be nice to take more of the long-form approach that has become popular on the web over the past few years. Basically start with what you have and then get more detailed the farther down the page someone scrolls. This allows users to just download right away if they want to, or if they are more inquisitive, they can read some more and learn why they should try it out.
If you aren’t currently planning on doing a visual refresh, I do have some comments about the current design that I think may be useful. I’d also be happy to follow up via email.