Requesting assistance on choosing add-ons...

[tsuujin]

I'm not certain if this post should be in the UI Mod section or the New Players section, but I'm sure it can be moved if I made the wrong choice.

I'm a fairly new player to WoW. I played for a while over a year ago, though, and I remember using MazzleUI to skin the user interface. Coming back to the game now out of curiosity I'm finding that the suites like MazzleUI are nice, but way too bloated and offer many things I don't really care for. They offer so many add-ons that I have no idea what they all do independently.

So, I decided to take the time to start installing add-ons individually and I've run into a massive problem: There are too many! Trying to find what I want is time consuming and frustrating when I have little basis of knowledge as to what I -should- be looking for.

Thus I come to you asking for kind words and solid advice. What I want is a mod to skin the UI of WoW. I don't know exactly what I want from it, I really just want options to look at without the massive bloat of a suite. Could someone point me in the direction of a selection of such add-ons? Possibly explain to me where I can find other options and what I should be looking for? Lots of options would be great, if kept to only the skinning sections. I want to skin my skills buttons, bags, map... and so forth, but I want to pick and choose how I do so.

Is this too hard? Am I asking too much?

[Marlous]

Well, you could have a look at what's suggested in the thread that Twoflower started about sorting his UI - a lot of addons are suggested there, with a brief line on what each does. Have a look at those, maybe that'll narrow down your search. :)

[tsuujin]

Cool, that was of some use, though it actually only covered one UI option (which, sadly, isn't really what I'm looking for. Still good to know, though.).

[elsegundo]

try the following.

xperl or pitbull
macaroon or bartender4
if you want a HUD, try metaHUD or any other type of HUDs.
onebag or bagnon.
the above are basic to changing the UI.


for info: fubar or titan
for maps and quest, try cartograher with questhelper, or just carbonite quest.

for panels, try eepanels. but see if its been updated.