It's like they tried to tick every box in the "obnoxious and annoying" category:
* It's inexplicably large
* It's slow af
* Scroll hijacking
* back button hijacking
* There's elements that appear when I scroll, but they disappear so you don't actually appear to be able to look them any more than in passing. (Notably the colourful logos for Google and Priceline).
* Did I mention it's slow? Scrolling is slow. Clicking on things is slow. Animations are slow.
* ~Half the code isn't even minified and a coworker pointed out that some of it doesn't appear to even be used.~ Nevermind, some of it does appear to be minified/resized.
* 3.8+ Megabytes of JS, really? Really really? Why?
I think this happens when I drag one direction, then change my mind and drag the other, and the site (sorry, "app") forgets to forget my previous drag.
You're not missing that much, though, since there are quite literally (yes, I counted) fifteen words on the entire home page.
I liked the simple, basic site that Go has always used. It seems inevitable that they'll redo the site, to include megabytes of JavaScript for features that nobody wants, like hijacked scrolling. (The site[0] for the design agency they talk about loads about 3 MB. Almost none of it is images. The site loads all that to display approximately ten words.)
Also,
>The circular shape of the letters hints at the eyes of the Go gopher, creating a familiar shape and allowing the mark and the mascot to pair well together.
If by "pairing well together", you mean not going together in any way, then yes.
[0]: http://within.us/