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07-30-08, 10:53 AM   #265
Ratheri
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Originally Posted by Charvel View Post
1) Setting up the button bars. Mazzle had a Auto button layout feature for each class that I extremely enjoyed. I have 2 70s and am leveling the other 7 classes so I play each class. What was helpful with the auto layout (and keybindings) was that I didn't have to spend 15 to 20 minutes per character arranging my spells and abilities. Mazzle set it up for each class as a default and then I could change if I want (which I usually didn't). Then as I leveled my other classes, for each new spell they learned I would simply Mazzify the button layout and bang, my spells were arranged nicely and orderly; including the new ones. Not sure how difficult this would be to do but I put in my vote for it. It's really sort of a 'nice to have'.
I never really liked Mazzle's auto button population. To much page flipping for hunters... that said, If you were using the original WoW buttons, or a bar mod using the blizzard button slots for it it's own evil purpose your buttons should translate to their corresponding analogs in the bars here. Even (to an extent) with bongos.

2) The chat frame. We all get our information from chatting and seeing things in chat. The chat frame is an integral part to the WoW experience for most people. However, by only having 2 frames I found myself having to create new panes and the /nui fontsize only appears to modify the General tab. Then when I had the frames setup decently, I realized that there was functionality that I used to have that wasn't there anymore. For instance, in Mazzle (using Prat) all the characters names were colored according to their class (as long as Prat had registered their name before) otherwise it showed up as gray until I did a /who or something to register their name. Also, there were other things like if someone typed the word Invite in chat it would be bracketed and highlighted and I could click on it to invite someone to my group if I wanted. Again, another 'nice to have' feature.
I have Prat and ChatIcons running with nUI. Provided you don't have both nui and Prat trying to do the same thing at the same time (I.E. move buttons, etc) you have zero conflict.

I believe that the only way that nUI could do the Auto-button thing that mazzle does is to make his own version of the "mazzify" portion... which probably isn't a priority, since most functions of the ui set themselves up. Still, we may see something after he gets the configuration module finished (probably sometime after 2.0). Even if it's a 3rd party module.
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