Red is right on the point about UI vs. Perfromance.
As I mentioned there were a few errors in the sample UI I posted. One of which is the fact there is too much eye candy going on which causes the experince of actually searching and getting your files to be lost in the fog.
In a screen shot its all very flat. Meaning when the app is actually in use things are excpected to be in motion. Like in any application, with most icons there are mouse overs etc, so when you apply the expected motions to the UI you can see things would get a bit busy.
For every UI there is always a 1000 and 1 possibilites. You have to take into account the basic look, is the UI comfortable on the eyes, being a p2p app its probably gonna be looked at quite a bit, at bit more then say the UI for Installing fax services on xp, or some other obsceure run once app. Secondly how high is the level of useability. Is the UI detracting from the useability of the program. Does the UI hold anyone back? Does an experinced user feel like they are stuck using an app designed for a newbie user? etc.
Lastly how does the UI effect performance of the app.
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