When is UI eye candy appropriate in a web app? [closed]
There is no easy answer The Design of Everyday Things is a good place to start looking into simplistic design. Sites like SO that have a "clean" look with a little extra flash (figurative not the adobe kind) seem to fair the best.
Exactly not MSDN is a good place to start...
Update - As pointed out by John in the comments the low bandwidth view of MSDN is actually pretty nice. Good call John Weldon I had never looked at it before (and likely never would have). Thanks!
Do you have to demo your product to somebody to sell it? Or is it a standalone site. If you are demoing a product for sale, eye candy can help people to remember what you're selling, i think.
Looking slick can make people think that your product is more 'professional'.