UI

This is my current user interface, I am always looking to improve it but this is my current one :) I try to keep information that is most important near my toon without restricting my awareness, I have found the following to be a good combination.


User interface Details and breakdown can be found below :)

A: Chinchilla & Minimap Button Frame – Map movement/customisation
B: oRA3 - A CT_RaidAssist alternative, another requirement for raiding in most guilds. This is the Cooldown frame.
C: DXE - Is a Boss Mod filled with win! This is the Primary Boss Frame
D: WTFrames – Addon to load Tanks from oRA3
E: SatrinaBuffFrame (Player Buffs) -  I have SBF split into 2 frames, this frame is used for buffs.
F: DXE – Short Timers
G: DXE – Long Times
H: SexyCooldown - Provides cooldowns for spells like Wild Growth, Warstamp etc
I: oUF_Freebgrid – I switched to this when I had alot of issues with Grid after the last patch. I absolutely love the layout and its ease of use. It was easy enough to configure and contains all the things I want from Grid without the huge number of extra addons.
J: Quartz (Player Cast Bar) – Cast bar filled with win, I have grown to really appreciate this cast bar addon, it is especially useful for us Aussies who have latency issues, a nice presentation of when you can start casting your next cast makes it really great for those ‘heads down healing’ occasions.
K: SatrinaBuffFrame (Player Debuffs) -  I have SBF split into 2 frames, this frame is used for debuffs, nice and big and relatively central so I dont loose awareness while watching stacks/ticks etc.
L: Prat - Chat customisation, I have prat setup with 2 windows, general chat rooms like 1. General, Raid, Officer etc and a second purely for healing channel. I also use Prat to also announce important messages in our healer channel to the centre of my screen, calls about people being down etc.
M: Unit Frame section details are below.

1: LitePanels – This is used for the Shading and Lines as well as the following data segments; MP5, Spell Power, Haste, Memory, FPS, Ping, Durability, Local Time, Server Time. This layout was designed by myself :)
2: oUF_Upy & oUF - This is my custom built oUF Layout. Consists of (from left to right) Player, Focus, Target of Target, Target.
2: Dominos with ButtonFacade – Main Toolbar with my commonly used spells.

  1. [s]eraph
    July 16th, 2009 at 10:58 | #1

    thanks for showing/describing your addons, its incredibly useful.

  2. Penpen
    July 24th, 2009 at 00:43 | #2

    I love your UI O,o I’m planning to use oUF Nivaya. PB is an eye sore and thank you for showing that UI :D

  3. Rob Rogers
    November 11th, 2009 at 04:34 | #3

    just curious what you are using for the orange faded box around your player frames is. are you using kgpanels? can you post the setup or files being used?

    • November 11th, 2009 at 15:02 | #4

      LightPanels :)

      This is my layout.lua :)

      lpanels:CreateLayout("UfBar", {
      -- Left mid-section of the box
      { name = "BoxL",
      anchor_to = "BOTTOM",
      width = 350, height = 85,
      x_off = -350/2, y_off = 120,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0, gradient_alpha = 0.2,
      },
      -- Right mid-section
      { name = "BoxR",
      anchor_to = "BOTTOM",
      width = 350, height = 85,
      x_off = 350/2, y_off = 120,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0.2, gradient_alpha = 0.0,
      },
      -- Top Left gradient line
      { name = "LineTL",
      parent = "BoxL", anchor_to = "TOP",
      width = "100%", height = 1,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0, gradient_alpha = 0.8,
      },
      -- Top right line
      { name = "LineTR",
      parent = "BoxR", anchor_to = "TOP",
      width = "100%", height = 1,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0.8, gradient_alpha = 0,
      },
      -- Bottom Left gradient line
      { name = "LineBL",
      parent = "BoxL", anchor_to = "BOTTOM",
      width = "100%", height = 1,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0, gradient_alpha = 0.8,
      },
      -- Bottom right line
      { name = "LineBR",
      parent = "BoxR", anchor_to = "BOTTOM",
      width = "100%", height = 1,
      gradient = "H",
      bg_color = "CLASS", gradient_color = "CLASS",
      bg_alpha = 0.8, gradient_alpha = 0,
      },
      }); lpanels:ApplyLayout(nil, "UfBar")

  4. Rob Rogers
    November 12th, 2009 at 03:51 | #5

    thanks you soo much. you rock sir

  5. Eric
    May 19th, 2010 at 14:03 | #6

    hey mate!! I just stumbled across this site when I was checking out some addons and to my surprise your from Adelaide also! :D

    I love your UI setup, very clean and informative, I was just wondering what plugins do you use on your chocolatebar to get it to show the local time/server time, bags, durability, gold, ms, fps, etc etc. I just installed this addon but no one of this comes up and there is no option to add it in :(

    Also is there a way to still get lightpanels I cant find it anywhere :(

    Thanks for your help in advance!

  6. Eric
    May 19th, 2010 at 14:07 | #7

    Actually I just found litepanels :)

    One more question, with dominos how do you make the actionbar appear with mouseover?

    Thanks!

    • May 19th, 2010 at 16:31 | #8

      You need to enter config mode and set Faded Opacity (see below)
      opacity

  7. Eric
    May 20th, 2010 at 15:56 | #9

    thanks for that mate all sorted now :D
    what data brokers (plugins) do you use for chocolate bar?

  8. Vempriex
    June 11th, 2010 at 11:40 | #10

    Hiyas Up,

    Thank you so much for the breakdown of these UI’s and not a wall of text I I manage to get lost and confused in. I also checked your titles and I like it! Its down to earth and in simple form. I’m learning the resto spec but I’m nervous to pug but I need to learn to druid heal.

    Thanks again! Keep up the good work!

    • June 11th, 2010 at 13:56 | #11

      thank you Vemp :) I am in the process of updating my UI details too so check back soon :D

  9. September 1st, 2010 at 10:30 | #12

    updated my UI :D

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