Post your WoW 2.1 Interface - Page 101

nife · 08/31/07, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by ifurita

Here is my current UI - heavily inspired by Rdji's (on the Ace forums).

Solo

Combat

Raid

Thats awesome. Its the most minimal I think I've ever seen. What are you using for the unit health? Is it just pitbull with no bars ?

Jitka · 08/31/07, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by nife

Thats awesome. Its the most minimal I think I've ever seen. What are you using for the unit health? Is it just pitbull with no bars ?

Looks like OnScreen Health.

Opioid · 08/31/07, 1:11 PM

I think that a mage is always gonna win the "most minimal" UI trophy just by the nature of the design of their function. I'm not denigrating ifurita or his efforts with that (he was one of the few smart enough to incorporate aloft I notice!) just saying that everyone is jumping on the less is more bandwagon and its getting to the point where I wonder if the effects are gonna be detrimental to people not using/incorporating mods because they're "ugly" or whatever.

Sorrowheart · 08/31/07, 1:16 PM

Originally Posted by Opioid

I think that a mage is always gonna win the "most minimal" UI trophy just by the nature of the design of their function.

That's for sure, that's one of the cleanest and best looking UIs I've seen. I've got a fairly stripped down UI on my mage alt, but since I primarily do raid healing on my resto druid, my UI is ten kinds of ugliness. I've been working on an upgraded version, I just need some time to sit down and finalize it all before I post. Definitely some great ideas here.

ifurita · 08/31/07, 2:03 PM

@nife
Yep, that's OnScreenHealth

Actually, most minimalistic UIs I've seen tend to belong to rogues - they usually have the fewest buttons on their screens and raid frames are optional (I need mine to show who I need to buff or decurse - otherwise I'd probably use XRaidStatus instead). I agree that it would probably be more difficult to be minimal as a healing class, with multiple ranks of heals and all, but I've seen some pretty clean looking ones too. Some keys to having a clean looking UI in my opinion include making sure elements are aligned, sticking to no more than two fonts, and using a consistent texture throughout.

jusion · 08/31/07, 5:47 PM

Originally Posted by ifurita

I agree that it would probably be more difficult to be minimal as a healing class, with multiple ranks of heals and all, but I've seen some pretty clean looking ones too. Some keys to having a clean looking UI in my opinion include making sure elements are aligned, sticking to no more than two fonts, and using a consistent texture throughout.

Yeah, I've been messing around with OnScreenHealth for a few days, but its hard to get anything really cool looking and minimal as a raiding paladin. I simply must have grid, good health bars, and other important information in the center of the screen that DPS classes really don't have to worry about. I've got my UI to a point where I'm satisfied, but not truly happy with my UIs like I was when I played my rogue.

Wingalock · 08/31/07, 8:11 PM

Originally Posted by ifurita

Here is my current UI - heavily inspired by Rdji's (on the Ace forums).

Solo
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/...007_235410.jpg

Combat
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/...007_232829.jpg

Raid
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/...007_204202.jpg

@ifruita, in your second screenshot, the combat one, what addon that gives clean healthbar on top of the stingray?

jusion · 08/31/07, 8:44 PM

Originally Posted by Wingalock

@ifruita, in your second screenshot, the combat one, what addon that gives clean healthbar on top of the stingray?

Thats aloft. It's nameplate skinner.

Wingalock · 08/31/07, 9:01 PM

Cheers jusion

Ecliptic · 09/01/07, 1:13 AM

Originally Posted by ifurita

Here is my current UI - heavily inspired by Rdji's (on the Ace forums).

Solo

Combat

Raid

Can you post the config for your onscreenhealth ^_^? Also what are you using to do your chat frames, is there a mod that will hide them unless you hover over them? Also what mod is the debufs on the right of the target health?

StatiK · 09/01/07, 2:32 AM

Here is my latest UI. Nothing special IMO. Opinions? Tips? Let me know.

By jonstatik

sasukekun · 09/01/07, 3:19 AM

ErrorMonster on wowace.com will get rid of the "Ability is not Ready" spam.

senz · 09/01/07, 7:59 AM

ifurita, can you upload your UI plz ? :$

Katrael · 09/01/07, 8:55 AM

Originally Posted by Opioid

I think that a mage is always gonna win the "most minimal" UI trophy just by the nature of the design of their function. I'm not denigrating ifurita or his efforts with that (he was one of the few smart enough to incorporate aloft I notice!) just saying that everyone is jumping on the less is more bandwagon and its getting to the point where I wonder if the effects are gonna be detrimental to people not using/incorporating mods because they're "ugly" or whatever.

I have to say that this more or less echoes my sentiments. I raid as a warrior, and that means my UI needs to be able to handle tanking and DPSing effectively in the same layout. Additionally I help lead my raids, so I need a few general raid status type addons. I've stripped my UI pretty far down, but other than auto-hiding Fubar I just don't know what more I can do to clean it up without sacrificing functionality that I depend on in actual raiding.

On my feral druid on the other hand, I've easily achieved a decent minimalist layout without giving up anything important to play. It just depends on how many buttons and unit frames and debuffs you need to watch. And how much trouble will be caused by missing something coming off cooldown or falling off a mob at an inopportune moment.

WitchBoy · 09/01/07, 11:07 AM

Personally, I'm not very fond of the whole minimalistic UI trend. I also generally prefer to have everything that I might use in an instance situation (i.e. everything except portals, mount, pets, and trade skills) on bar, just out of convenience. My current UI isn't exactly ideal (slightly too bottom heavy), but it serves all my needs and my tendency towards a large chat window (half the game is communication, after all). One thing I am particular about is a certain degree of balance and symmetry in my interface, and I do believe I have achieved this aim.

More or less, I've managed to work all my must-haves (And no, I will not drop my Mp3 player addon) into the interface in a relatively organized, albeit large, fashion.