Should I go for Fancy guis or just keep it simple?

I was in charged of this fucking GUI, and I fucking suck at designing things. I posted a thread about this before, but it was kind of different.

Me and ny friends built a RAM optimizer tool, and I proposed that we put it on a PPI, but in one condition, I'll be the one in-charge of the UI, both the Program and the website.

So if you we're developing a RAM optimizer, what would you put in the GUI? Besides from the "install" and "uninstall" buttons and the Logo?

And should I just make it look native? or some fancy shits?

It would bebdistributed for free, just so yoi know.

Answer this, would you like a simple girl or an attractive girl?
Whatever the answer to the above question will be the answer for your UI question.

On a serious note, Ram optimizer should actually optimize it. Don't loose your head in such a trivial detail. People would appreciate the software if its helps them in someway. UI is not really a concern here.

yeah, that's what I thought, I always though native looking program looks better. thanks.

So if you would build that program, what else could you possibly put in the gui to make it better? Any opinions?

How about a nice dashboard with metrics (gauges charts) ? Stuff like current RAM usage, what the program actually did for optimisation etc ... ?
The idea of having an app working on the background without an interface for interaction seems shady.

franz119 said:

I fucking suck at designing things.

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Much to learn you still have, young padawan.
Front-end stuff matters a hell lot.

How about both? Simple and fancy.

I would say it depends on your end-user and the amount of time they will spend on your software.

Of course, a nice modern UI will always be better than a clunky one. But if your user is a professional who will just need to open your interface to make a copy-paste, then a click. You don't really need to spend to much time on appearance.

On the flip side, if your user is a simple consumer of a service you provide, you want to make something eye-candy to keep your user engaged and give him a good impression of your product.