![]() ![]() This is also great for gathering (my Hunter is a double-gatherer, mining and herbalism) because I can move the mini-map out into the right-center of the screen, make the map larger, and see all those juicy yellow dots much easier. SexyMap - This has tons of customizing power, though I don't use most of its functionality all I was looking for was a simple square map that I could re-size and re-position at will, that would also hide buttons except on mouseover. I don't think this one has been updated lately and my version is pretty old, but it still keeps working.Ħ. With this, you don't sacrifice any of the real estate of your game view by covering it up with buttons or frames. But instead of just placing frames over the bottom section of the play screen, this addon "letterboxes" the screen by re-sizing the top or bottom (or both), giving almost a widescreen, movie-like quality to the UI screen and allowing you to place your frames or button bars into the black space. CBH Viewport – This one enhances the "bottom-UI" approach that I like. Here's a rundown of what I'm using and why I like it:ġ. Many addons have a Profile utility, which makes it a breeze to set up the same addon for multiple characters by copying the saved setup from one character to another. I focused on one at a time and found it all came together soon. This stuff does take time to set up, so my advice is to go into this when you can set aside the time and aren't in a hurry or starting a raid in five minutes. This has made my UI so much more clutter-free. Some of the bars appear only when I'm in combat (like in the lower center), other bars only appear when I hover over them with the mouse (bag bar, micro menu bar, stance bar, or utility bars on the right-hand side). I make liberal use of Bartender, not only to reorganize the button bars, but to keep some bars hidden. My UI concept has three priorities: (1) keep things clean and out of the way, (2) make it functional for multiple classes (since I play a lot of alts), and (3) keep important things that I need to see near the lower center of the screen, especially in combat. I've found that the ones I've picked for my UI are well worth the effort of updating and maintaining. I'm always looking for ways to improve and tweak it as well. Most of my UI is borrowed from tips and techniques I've read or heard from others, but I like to think I've added my own spin on it too. It got me to check out different addons, and suddenly I was hooked. After reading a lot more at WoW Insider, I started to look for the UI Spotlight and Reader UI of the Week posts. Until recently I've always had very few addons, because I've been solidly in the "Those with few addons have few heartaches on Patch Day" camp. I'm sending you my UI for my Hunter, Kahle on the Lothar-US server. Kahle's UI - hunter, viewport, bottom-bar, DPS He uses a bottom bar approach with interesting uses of the minimap for gathering. Kahle is a hunter (pitchforks down, please) who values plenty of space open on the screen and keeping the in-combat, hunter-specific addon elements close to the character. Seriously, I have way too much fun getting to do what I do. My inspirational columns, combined with my astute reporting, have made someone's game play experience better, which makes me feel awesome and a little weird at the same time. I would like to think that my own user interface has inspired thousands, giving many people the hope and the drive to create beautiful and functional UIs of their own. This week, we've got a user interface from Kahle that is eerily reminiscent of my own UI. Have you made any changes to your user interface based on the new content? I've made a few updates to my own UI based on some of the new Firelands boss encounters, most notably Rhyolith. ![]() Have a screenshot of your own UI that you'd like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you're using to and follow Mathew on Twitter.įirelands, Firelands, Firelands. Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. ![]()
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