I completely agree. If you were linked to a github page out of the blue or for the first time its incredibly intimidating. Most notably is the first text you read on the page isn't a title, but a list of folders/files. Why not put the dam title and description at the top?

One line of, "Hows this work?" would help a lot of people. I took the git lesson from code academy and have messed around in ubuntu but am still very intimidated by github and the brutal installation instructions every project has (or doesn't have).