I think vlads refering to the front page only, in which I agree with him. I always prefer sites that are simpler, and like Zorch said, sites with earthy colors and decent contrast tend to be the less fatiguing. In any case, I think that minimilist design was attempted for the front page too. More links and less clutter. But it seems to be too bare minimum. Load it with general links (sk89q's site, maybe links to the stable servers (to get files), any exteral sites relating, wiki!!!, simple irc instructions, etc) and more updates in the news. It looks slighty dead when the news is updated every 3months.
The heart of the problem is most likely that the people who come here often dont use that page. I assume most of us have the forums link bookmarked and use that as a start page.