The examples definitely improved a lot in the last year. When I first looked at it there were very few and some of them were logos, not maps.
But again, it is not very obvious that the gallery includes sample code, and that you have to click the pictures to get there.
I know about projections, I just don't care enough for that to be the first thing I see. When I start out I just want to make a basic map, fast. (edit: That's actually typical of many open source projects: They start by telling you about all the fancy tech behind it and let you figure out for yourself how to reach your goal/what goal you can actually reach with it.)
Well, enough of whining about the page to probably unrelated people. I actually found it a sign of trustworthyness if a project page looks chaotic and full of bad copy. It means they're not a startup and/or trying to sell something, usually. (This is just too much though, it is not just not new and fancy with no calls to action and pop-ups for mailing lists, it actively tries to hinder you in doing what you came to do.)
