"Perceived usability is important because people will report higher satisfaction with an application based on how aesthetically pleasing the system looks to them. Users will commonly assign positive qualities to systems they believe are physically attractive, known as the long-held belief that what is beautiful usable - even if the system isn't usable at all (Tractinsky 2000)". This result is kinda surprising. I would assume "easy to use" and "aesthetics" were totally two separated things. How could they have influence on each other? But then, here is the result, which just moves the appearance of user interface into a higher rank in your application design system.
"It is important then to balance aesthetics and usability to ensure user interfaces are not only easy to use, but that they are also visually appealing and interesting too." Give a second thought, there are tons of applications out there in the world, and it is absolutely true that when I choose to buy an app, the first thing I've noticed besides the reviews would definitely be the interface and graphic. So if you want to make a competitive application which can "fight" itself through, a smart, creative, interesting interface is a MUST.
http://www.carrielee.net/pdfs/HCIAesthetics.pdf
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