The quest for a better ui

The UI

This doesn't show all of the functionality - some elements are't visible in this encounter, and others are always behind the scenes.

1) Atlas - Instance maps (not shown)

2) AtlasLoot - Loot tables for Atlas (not shown)

3) Aloft - Overhead health bars (not shown)

4) Button Facade - neater and more compact buttons (all of the Dominos buttons are shown with Façade's Apathy skin)

5) *Chatter - Compact chat mod [I'm debating the usefulness of this over the default chat frames]

6) *Cryolis 3 - Reagent/portal management [Most of the mod's functionality isn't being used so it may go]

7) DeadlyBossMod - Boss warnings and timers (not shown)

8) Dominos - Repositioning of action bars and easy keymapping. [This is set-up with 4 main key blocks around the minimap (two of which are key-bound - visible in white at the top of the button) a fifth next to the player screen (mainly for clicking, but some keybinds), 2 for consumables (adjacent to the target frame) and one for secondary items next to the chat frame). Dominos also allows the bag and system buttons to be relocated (left and above the chat-frame respectively).]

9) DoubleWide - Improved quest log (not shown)

10) DrDamage - Customizable damage estimation, shown on the buttons.

11) EqCompare - Gear comparisons (not shown)

12) Examiner - Character inspection/logging tool (not shown)

13) Fishing Buddy - Fishing gear/info manager (not shown)

14) *kgpanels - Boxes used to frame the other add-ons. [I'm in two minds about the benefit of these but have retained them for the moment.]

15) LibSharedMedia - Textures etc (not shown)

16) MilkScrollingBattleText - On-screen combat stats/Events [There are actually 3 frames here - inbound (damage/healing taken) on the left, outbound (damage inflicted) on the right, and static events (Clearcasting/Missile Barrage procs etc) in the upper-center]

17) Minimap Button Frame - a tool to gather up the zillion buttons on the minimap frame.

18) Mobinfo2 - Does what it says on the tin ... (not shown)

19) MonkeyQuest -Expanded quest tracker (An expanded, prettier and more comfortable quest frame) [QuestHelper was an alternative here, but it's a memory hog and I don't really want all the hand-holding it offers]

20) Omen - Threat meter

21) Outfitter - Allow quick gear changes (automatic or via on-screen buttons showin in the pic)

22) Quartz - Improved cast bars

23) Recount - Damage/DPS metering

24) RedRange - Spell range indicator (as the name suggestions, red if out of range) [The screenshot doesn't show an example of this but it's very clear compared to the default]

25) *Satrina Buff Frames - Customizable buff frames [Somewhat redundant with X-Perl, but for now I'm using both]

26) SharedMedia and SharedMediaLib - Textures and fonts (not shown)

27) SexyMap - Enhanced minimap. [Still pics don't show off the pretty animated textures!]

28) Talented - Talent management (not shown)

29) Titan - Informative bar [My default infobars for most of my time playing WOW]

30) TipTop - Improved tooltips (not shown)

31) X-perl - Unit/party/raid frames [A customizable set of frames, used here for the party, raid, player, target and target-of-target (not visible here but just below the target frame, between it and the minimap)]

32) Decursive - a quick means of decursing/curing (etc).

33) *SLDataText - Text/info tool [I'm using this to highlight a couple of things above and below the minimap, but its basically redundant and may be deleted]

 One of the neat things is that most of these elements work for the full range of my characters. Okay, so my Paladin and Priest don't want Cryolis (so it's hidden for them) but they have other class-specific items (Healbot, for example). It's not perfect - I need to fix the achievement tracker frame and tidy up a number of the others, and to add in a number of background add-ons  - but I feel it's getting there!