Addons - UI for a Ret Paladin

Im very picky when it comes to UI's, and especially compliations. I can never leave someone's compliation alone, because i always find something missing, or not quite right for me and end up removing or adding along the way. ..... So im fussy.
I have had UI's which fill up my screen before, that has you actually moving your head to try and look around behind them to see whats going on, these days, i am looking for nothing...as little, and as neat as you can make it, please. And also, as little memory usuage as you can please Sir?! :D
Im not good at making my own UI, but if there is a good base to work from a complated UI, i can add and tweak, then thats the one for me....
I have 1GB RAM, 2.3Ghz CPU and 1024 x768 screen


The Top 3

i selected are the following from my searches
Raynes Burnt Black Cherry UI 12.33 MB there is a lite version Here 13.38 MB
Delsim's Minimal heavy-keybinder UI 5.90 MB
Sero UI v2.2 42.22 MB!!
Worth mentioning i use, Clique, KTM, Onebag, Cellular, Prat and Decursive

First I tested Raynes Lite Burnt Black Cherry UI version first, and the test ground was (Karazhan) Moroes and Opera. Size: 13.38 MB
**Review** - there's nothing light about it...

Raiding Features Omen2 wasnt working so i had to add KTM, and i had no record or display of players buffs so i was asking folk to remind me when they expired.
The colouring can be difficult for the buff bars, im not sure what i can do about that, maybe tweaking it and adding buff symbols so i can identify them better. (I buff and Debuff myself alot in fight) The damage meter was easy to move and read also. Im used to using Buffwatch, and may have to add this in to cover for the re-buffs i need to do in a raid. 6/10 i dont think the lite version comes with Raid options and features

Combat The scrolling combat text was a little small for me, and i didnt notice what damage i was doing at all really. I may just switch that addon off and go back to standard. The cooldown timers where small, and looked like the default grey coulnt down, but the scrolling combat text flashed a red notifcation when an ability was ready. 8/10 needs a tweak to read, but very nice features

Overall look and feel of the UI was very tidy, and easy to look at. This addon was designed for resolutions probably higher than mine, but a small tweak was all that was needed using the /rock menu. to resize the fonts for my 1024 x768 screen, 8/10 because of the buff colouring.

Performance It did suck alot of memory, and took my FPS down to an average of 10-15 fps, but credit to it i didnt lag on the steps of Moroes for the AE fights. 8/10

Overall Score: 8/10 purely for the lack of raiding features for buffing, but these could be added, but at 13MB..would i want to?

Potential Score: 8/10 Could i mod it to suit a ret pala?

Following reviews to come..

Raynes Burnt Black Cherry UI 12.33MB

Update 23/04/08

I decided to make my own compliation, and will probably at some time in the future upload it for general download from sites like wowinterface.com or the others.. The main addons are Pitbull Bartender3 Autobar KTM PerfectRaid Prat2 (Chat) Cellular Buffwatch

I was playing around with alot of UI compliations, then decided that alot of them had additional crap that i did not need, or they where the wrong colour etc etc and the list goes on.. So i decided to pick out the best addons from the compliations and modified the look of them to suit me. Its still a work in progress, but here is a screenie

24/04/08

With the addition of Buffwatch and BigWigs, which i tried out last night, the UI seems to be filling in quite well. Without cluttering the display, everything still..is pretty much as you see above, i will try and get an action pic sometime soon

Update 28/05/08

With the addition of Omen2, Autobar, and ORA2 for raiding, the rest of the addons are pretty much the same. I am undecided in what cooldown counter to use though, whether it is a number count down on the buttons, or something else that graphically shows skills being ready..

Perfect raid takes over when the party is changed to raid

Also checking SimpleRaidTargetIcons

20/06/08

The Ui is coming along ok, i need to tweak the order of decursive a bit into maybe 2 rows of 12 and 13, or 3 rows of 10, 10 and 5. Buffwatch is ok, but pally power has been recommended to me by a new member of the guild which i might try out. Hopefully it wont suck up too much memory.
Other than that, i cant really complain about the UI, other than adding Clique back into the addons folder.