Over the past year or two I have experimented with, created, used, and implemented far too many different designs for GUI's to count. I've been using a set of templates that I constantly revise due to my own indecisiveness about what makes a GUI useful, user-friendly, and fulfill its purpose. So, I thought that I would ask others what they consider to be useful and user-friendly. I'm curious not only from a developer perspective but also from a user's perspective.

Some questions I can think of to start it off:

• Do you prefer to use/see wow themed GUI's over custom themes?
• Which widgets do you prefer to use/create for certain tasks?
• Do you prefer to use templates provided by Blizzard or your own?
• Do you prefer to use certain color themes (I.E.: class colors)?
• Do you prefer toolbars, lists, trees, or dropdowns?
  • Toolbars are something I'm currently experimenting with, so this one is something I'm especially curious toward.

I'm hoping that this will spark a healthy discussion over improving GUI standards inside of WoW.