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I’m sure you’ve seen it on TwitPic and my other posts, but my UI has gotten a fresh new revamp! Tired of some of the slowness it had in its previous incarnation and frustrated that it all hinged on a broken, no-longer-maintained addon (ee_Panels), I decided to throw safety to the wind, burn it to the ground, and build anew. Below is the result!

So you’re probably thinking one of two things – “Wow, that’s awesome! What do you use to make it?” or “WTF, that’s insane-looking. How the hell’d you do that?” Well, here’s a list of addons (with links to WoWInterface or Curse!):

AutoAspect: Tells me when I’m in Dragonhawk with low mana or Viper with high mana with audible cues. Prevents the whole “oh shit, I just spent 2 minutes in Viper on Mimiron” thing.
Bartender4: IMO the best, most powerful and customizable bar addon in the game. Also plays nicely with vehicles.
Baud Bag (not pictured): A ridiculously light-weight but functional all-in-one bag addon with remote bank viewing.
Cartographer (not pictured): The single best map replacement mod. NOT Version 3, because Version 3 is terrible.
DCoords: Most things on WoWhead or the like tells you coordinates to things. This is an amazingly accurate but very small coordinate tracker!
Deadly Boss Mods: The must-have tool in every raider’s arsenal.
Dr. Damage: On the fly theorycrafting! Average crit/hit information for damage and healing.
Elkano’s Buff Bars: Extremely customizable and powerful buff, debuff, and temporary enchant tracking. See that Serpent Sting counter? That’s Elkano’s too!
Grid (not pictured): I use mouseover macros for Gift of the Naaru to emergency-heal in a very tight situation. Grid lets me see all 25 people in my Ulduar/Crusader’s Colosseum raids to hit the exact person I need! This lives in that empty space next to my action bars.
kgPanels: The spiritual successor to ee_Panels (the mod that gave my old UI its orange trim and bordering), this is what makes the psychadelic backgrounds for Omen, Recount, and my bottom zone. It’s also where the Clow wings are from! Custom art in your WoW? You betcha!
Mik’s Scrolling Battle Text: Information for outgoing and incoming damage and healing, plus buffs, debuffs, procs, and more, wherever you want it.
Prat: The single best chat mod out there. Supports channel name shortening, known name coloring by class, and “sticky global channels” – lets you spam trade with inane bullshit even easier as you don’t have to type /2 for every message!
Quartz: The best casting bar replacement. Tracks your GCD, swing timer, global cooldown, channeled spells, the works! Lets you get up to 3 decimal places of precision on cast/swing times, too! (Only pictured with 1, I need to change that…)
Recount: They still haven’t made a better DPS meter yet. :P
Shadowed Unit Frames: I used to be a diehard ag_UnitFrames fanboy, but it was long since abandoned, and buggy. Shadowed UF is as lightweight and graceful as AGUF was, but still being developed and loved! It’s a joy to use and easy to set up!
SilHUD2: Ever wanted to be a fighter pilot? I did when I was a kid, but my not-so-20/20 vision stopped that real quick. But your UI can LOOK like you’re a fighter pilot! The question is – do your attacks hit like cruise missiles like mine? ;)
SLDataText: You see that nice set of text about my durability, ammo reserves, and the like? That’s SLDataText! Clean, precise data that you need without being bulky. Supports a lot more than I have turned on, too – check the options pane (/sldt).
Squeenix: Square minimap without all the extra shiny shit that stuff like SexyMap. Simple and to the point.
TipTac: Get rid of the shitty in-game tooltips! Also supports mouse-over talent checks of players and lets you know who’s targeting what you’re pointing at – and what they’re targeting!

If you’ve got any questions, feel free to contact me via the usual methods. Good hunting!