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131584
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Post by
Safturento
Harsh.... What part is the worst? I would like to know so I can defend my preferences. :D
This is the wrong mindset sir. You don't post here to defend your opinions, mearly to get further opinions that are mostly beneficial.
The goal of this is to learn from others on what works, what looks good, and finding the mesh between them.
If you actually use a brain while in game, you'll know that you don't need portraits if you can use your eyes and see. Your cast bar doesn't need to be massive, your minimap as well. Also consider looking for other addons that do what you currently have, either more efficiently or with better looks; Pitbull > Xperl, Skada > Recount + Omen, Dominos > Bartender. Your font sizes on everything can be lowered, unless you have horrible farsightedness.
And those changes are just things alone that can improve your gameplay, cosmetics are also a big deal to most of us here. Your tooltips are hideous, your buttonskin is nonexsistant, many minimap addons look better than the tooltip border, xp bar doesn't always need to be seen.
You better read this $%^&ing 5 minutes of typing.
I stopped reading when you spelled "merely" wrong.
edit: Oh, and after reading what Krow said, you should click the first link in my signature.
Post by
Jeremypwnz
I grew up with Blizzard portraits so it feels weird when I turn them off. I know that my cast bar is somewhat big, but never really thought about it. Might change it up. My minimap, big? It's about 3/4 the size of the default one. I never looked into size settings, make it a tad smaller to align with my other bars and stuff on the bottom. Also might seem that way as it's fully zoomed out. (idk)
I think that Xperl looks better than Pitbull, and I do not need all the little things that make, or might make, (idk) Pitbull>Xperl.
Also consider looking for other addons that do what you currently have, either more efficiently or with
better looks
; Pitbull > Xperl, Skada > Recount + Omen, Dominos > Bartender.
Personal preference. I think that my addons look better than your addons. :D
True, some fonts can be lowered, never really noticed.
Post by
TheReal
Who was it here who said something about UI design not being about the filth we put on top of the game world? Krow? Wiki? I forget. Because I agree. It's not about how cool your add-ons look; it's about how functional they are and how much space they take up. UI design is about more than just gaming. It's about software design in general.
Post by
Coldkil
I grew up with Blizzard portraits so it feels weird when I turn them off. I know that my cast bar is somewhat big, but never really thought about it. Might change it up. My minimap, big? It's about 3/4 the size of the default one. I never looked into size settings, make it a tad smaller to align with my other bars and stuff on the bottom. Also might seem that way as it's fully zoomed out. (idk)
I think that Xperl looks better than Pitbull, and I do not need all the little things that make, or might make, (idk) Pitbull>Xperl.
Personal preference. I think that my addons look better than your addons. :D
True, some fonts can be lowered, never really noticed.
xperl looks bad. especially if you don't configure it. the fact you "don't need" to configure it, is that you are too lazy to even open the config menu of your addons.
putting a bunch of addons on your screen and moving them around != make an UI.
Post by
Wikipedia
Who was it here who said something about UI design not being about the filth we put on top of the game world?
Krow? Wiki? I forget. Because I agree. It's not about how cool your add-ons look; it's about how functional they are and how much space they take up. UI design is about more than just gaming. It's about software design in general.
That would've been me.
Post by
Wikipedia
I grew up with Blizzard portraits so it feels weird when I turn them off. I know that my cast bar is somewhat big, but never really thought about it. Might change it up. My minimap, big?
It's about 3/4 the size of the default one.
I never looked into size settings, make it a tad smaller to align with my other bars and stuff on the bottom.
Also might seem that way as it's fully zoomed out
. (idk)
I think that Xperl looks better than Pitbull, and I do not need all the little things that make, or might make, (idk) Pitbull>Xperl.
Also consider looking for other addons that do what you currently have, either more efficiently or with
better looks
; Pitbull > Xperl, Skada > Recount + Omen, Dominos > Bartender.
Personal preference. I think that my addons look better than your addons. :D
True, some fonts can be lowered, never really noticed.
Rofl@ your UI scale if this is the case.
The zoom won't affect anything, it is big.
Yeah, cuz that Fiat outside would surely be seen as a better and more streamlined and fashionably designed vehicle compared to that lousy Bentley on the other side of the street.
God @#$%ing damn it, it's not all about the looks. But I guess since your both too lazy to actually spend time with your UI and somewhat listen to people that actually know something about this this isn't the thread for you. This thread isn't all about showcasin', it's as much about criticism.
Post by
224056
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Post by
lockbox
Explaining your whole UI is really unnecessary (unless someone asks what a certain element is). Almost as unnecessary as your MM:SS long duration buffs, party + raid frames, silver and copper tracking in SLDT, macro text on buttons, transparent BBOD, and portraits.
I had to look up what BBOD meant; it's that translucent black bar at the bottom of the screen isn't it? I understand why you'd say it's unnecessary... I admit could see myself ditching it in the future.
MM:SS durations: I completely agree. I realise now that if I
really
want to know how long is left on a buff, I can either add it to a cooldown monitor or just mouseover and read its tooltip.
Party + raid frames: If I'm reading this correctly, you're saying it's pointless to have party frames shown alongside raid frames. They're quite useless in a 10 man environment, but for 25, I usually have raid members whom I need to pay a little more attention to than the others (eg, a third tank when I already have the second on focus.) This is pretty much the only reason I use party frames in a raid... I could probably replace the party frames with dedicated tank frames, I recall ShadowedUF having that option.
Silver/copper tracking, macro text on buttons: I agree with you, these are all unnecessary and shall be dealt with.
Portraits are purely a cosmetic thing; they offer no functionality. I will be keeping them due to personal preference, but I do agree when you say they are unnecessary.
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. If you have more, I'd really like to know
:)
Post by
Aderother
God @#$%ing damn it, it's not all about the looks. But I guess since your both too lazy to actually spend time with your UI and somewhat listen to people that actually know something about this this isn't the thread for you. This thread isn't all about showcasin', it's as much about criticism.
Actually, going back to the first few pages of posts, this WAS simply for people to showcase their UIs. Somewhere along the lines, it got derailed into "Post your UI so that a few people can tear it apart and tell you how bad it is". Originally, it seemed like a good place to come to get ideas for creating your own UI, but now, it seems that there are only a few "acceptable" UIs and everyone else's are garbage.
Post by
Krow
I stopped reading when you spelled "merely" wrong.
It wouldn't pop up in google chrome's spell check. It kept spelling nearly and pissed me off.
Dominos > Bartender
It is? Since when? :o
Since the beginning of time my son. Technically bartender is better because you can move on a pixel by pixel base but I've always hated it for the !@#$ look of the xp bar.
Post by
Coldkil
there are only "few" acceptable UIs, just because (as said in most of the pages) many of them are not UIs but addons splattered all around the screen.
first tries obviously are not so refined like some screens you can look at now, but it has come from experience. more and more people learned lua and have done better an better addons.
still, best UIs also in the back days are the best cause everyithing is at place and nothing is just thrown inside and moved/resized a bit. you can argue that xperl is better than pitbull, or sexymap is the best minimap addon ever, but here we not discuss only about looks. it's about
design
. some prefer minimalistic look, others prefer a more artistic one. i have seen a zelda UI where even unit frames were styled accordingly (health as hearts, power as green bar). didn't like much the look, but surely a
good work
.
saft has a perfect summary of what a UI should be in his sign, many people should read it.
Post by
131584
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Post by
Krow
. i have seen a zelda UI where even unit frames were styled accordingly (health as hearts, power as green bar). didn't like much the look, but surely a
good work
.
IT HAS WINDWAKER SO IT'S BAD.
Post by
Wikipedia
Actually, going back to the first few pages of posts, this WAS simply for people to showcase their UIs. Somewhere along the lines, it got derailed into "Post your UI so that a few people can tear it apart and tell you how bad it is". Originally, it seemed like a good place to come to get ideas for creating your own UI, but now, it seems that there are only a few "acceptable" UIs and everyone else's are garbage.
Art galleries are for showcasing, yet you can recieve comments about your work there.
Post by
Wikipedia
btw I like how this has sparked life into all the relics here in the PYUI thread, /wave Ish, Brokle, Krow, Coldkil, Ark, pHish.
Post by
248766
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Post by
Safturento
and once again I realize I contribute nothing to the thread, I'm just voicing my opinion. !@#$ me
I boo your opinion!
btw I like how this has sparked life into all the relics here in the PYUI thread, /wave Ish, Brokle, Krow, Coldkil, Ark, pHish.
Ohhh I see how it is..no love for the shaman
While I think that people have the right to play with whatever abomination they decide to create with BBODs, it doesn't change the fact that some things are just better. Some things are more organized and, as an unarguable point, let you see more of the game itself while still giving you the needed information. When people decide that they're going to take the criticism as a horrible e-beating, they get chewed the &*!@ out even more. Many of the people that now frequent these forums and make good UIs got completely torn apart just like the others, but they took the criticism in a good way and learned from it.
Post by
Wikipedia
that's why I tend to give my criticism based on my OPINION, not stating it like facts.
;)
*COUGH*)
I don't claim to be a source of facts, despite of my name
:/
Ohhh I see how it is..no love for the shaman
Of course not.
While I think that people have the right to play with whatever abomination they decide to create with BBODs, it doesn't change the fact that some things are just better.
THIS! nothing but this.
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131584
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