There is also simple unit frames within the ace add-on framework (files.wowace.com) which is pretty nice and simple. Personally I think this mod "looks" more like a part of the game as well.

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Wow, those sound like some really interesting and useful features. I've been looking for something that would add more why-didn't-I-think-of-that functionality to the game.

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Having tried the three 'top' UnitFrames addons (X-Perl, ag_UnitFrames and Pitbull), I can say that Pitbull comes up tops in terms of design and the overall feel of it.

However, it comes up short compared to X-Perl in the functionality department, where X-Perl manages to display a lot of information in a confined area (party pets and targets), Pitbull has loose frames that you can't seem to fit in as well as X-Perl can.

X-Perl has another advantage, that is, the ability to view the HPs of players out of your own party. This might be trivial, but sometimes, I just wanna know. =p

Overall, I'd give a thumbs up to Pitbull though, because of it's easier on the eye and it's more configurable on a whole. I just hope they start putting in templates for party windows, like being able to put each player's pets under them rather than having 2 loose frames.

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i tried pitbull a while back and while it looks good and i give it props for being so modular, i had the worst time defining functionality areas within if for clique.

so back to perl classic i went.

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Cool stuff, I'm glad PitBull's recognized.

-- ckknight, author of Ace2, FuBar, Cartographer, PitBull, CowTip

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chriswt, set healthbar text to "informational" for party.

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Why do you only link Curse and wowace every time you post? There are two other major addon sites out there, and one of them is generally preferred by the Ace community over Curse...

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Tekkub, because I haven't posted PitBull on WoWI or ui.worldofwar, likely. Also, I don't prefer WoWI or ui.worldofwar over curse.

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Does PitBull give a buff/debuff timer animation?

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@3: Using mobhealth2 Ace2 addons can display "unknown" HP values as well (and Pitbull does just that).

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I'm stubborn when it comes to my unit frames. ag_unitframes was a very poor offering IMO, and I haven't found anything that even compares to Discord Unit Frames. I may give pitbull a try, sounds like it has some interesting features, but its gonna take one hell of a mod to replace Discord.

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Pitbull pretty much has all the features people are complaining about it not having above... However it takes a lot of customization which probably most people don't bother over

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Is Discord Unit Frames still being worked on? Or, does it still work? I used to use that one exclusively, but since the author stopped work on it when BC came out, I haven't bothered to try any other UI mods. But I am going to try PitBull. i just need an active account now. :)

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Checking this out.

I don't suppose anyone knows of an inventory management addon that changes your bag contents into a icon/text-based list view? I've tried Sanity and it's almost what I'm looking for, but it doesn't work right when i get to a vendor (right-clicking on a weapon or piece of armor tries to equip it instead of sell it).

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I felt similarly about X-Perl and PitBull, but came down on the side of X-Perl.

It just seems to pack more information into a small space than can PitBull, although PitBull does have some nice features.

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Not to criticize, as I like hearing other peoples takes on stuff I'm already familiar with, but so far every thing's been kind of standard. I know everyone needs a place to start but there's so much niche and lesser known stuff that does a fabulous job that needs attention.

Discord last I checked, probably just before 2.1, was still non-operational.

Use MobHealth3, works perfectly fine with Ace unit frames.

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I really miss Discord-based unit frames from MazzleUI. I loved those vertical bars and 3D models between them. I tried to get Discord and configure it to look about the same, but it was outdated thus buggy and coudn't get even close to MazzleUI looks. Shame it doesn't go as a stand-alone without all that overwhelming UI.
Has any of you managed to get Discord to work like it does in MazzleUI?

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Having used X-perl for some time my one gripe was that I couldnt make the frames longer (not bigger in scale just wider) without adding things like HP% and portraits.

I tried Pitbull but it seemed to be a real memory hog so back to xperl I went. It still intrests me, if they put together an all-in-one GUI option screen like xperl has it might make it easier.

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I miss discord =(

I've tried a few UF addons since BC came out ... Xperl, Pitbull, and AG_ among them. I really like Pitbull as it reminded me of discord in being able to place everything where I wanted it to be placed, etc.

However, in terms of functionality, XPerl wins hands down. The information it gives you on buffs/debuffs, and the way in which it's displayed is far superior to Pitbull. Configuration of Xperl is also less time consuming and more straight foward.

If I had a little extra time to configure Pitbull, I might give it a try again ... but in general, I'd rather have useful mods out work straight out of the box rather than spend 1-2 hours configuring them for use (waste of time an effort considering most break during patches).

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CT & CT_Raid are still the best. When theres another addon that takes less than a hour to setup, i might think about switching.

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