Apparently, MacHeist is from a planet where they don’t have the phrase “tone it down.” Just look at this:
Are your eyes bleeding yet? Mine are. Now, I really like MacHeist; it’s a fun idea, and I’ve bought their bundles (and will probably buy this one). But this design is just so, so terrible I couldn’t help but rag on it. Now, it’s certainly not ugly, but is so overdone, with every possible Mac cliché and whiz-bang useless feature they could cram in. The icons zoom on hover (like a Dock, or something, I guess). The next/back buttons show big icons (since, I guess, the huge grid of icons dominating the page isn’t enough). Elements use shadows and border radii (that, of course, are only coded for WebKit). Everything has a single URL, since the main content area slides in. There’s more, but I can’t stand interacting with the site any more.
The worst part, though? The page comes in at an astounding 2.2 megabytes. I shudder to think what their bandwidth bill is.
Next time around, let’s hope they take the most important OS X UX lesson to heart: less is more. For now, Fail!