I'd had friends & coworkers mention boost, but to the new visitor, the website (as clean and readable as it is) doesn't do a good sell job for the product. It starts off well, saying that there's some sort of libraries to be had in here somewhere. But the first eight links the reader encounters have nothing to do with explaining why it is you might want to use these libraries. The ninth link, "Background information page," finally gives us a teaser, claiming our productivity will increase, but we still don't know why. Only the intrepid explorer who delves into the tiny "Documentation" link on the main page will be rewarded with a catalog of functionality.

In short, I think the main page, the page that should be grabbing the casual surfer's attention, should at least highlight some of the functionality the consumer can expect from boost (cross-platform serialization, anyone? How about containers done right, or a well-designed thread package?), instead of devoting real estate and reader attention to links to random unix distros.