Mazzle Updates for 2008

[Mortlach]

Elcarath has started a groundswell o'graphic support f'r MazzleUI, one that hae resulted in some most vera lovely skins from El and others .(Bravo e brava!) In light o'this effort, as well as previous ones tae keep MazzleUI updated, I'd like t'suggest those o'us wi' beta forum access start planning some testin' o'updates tae th'AddOn base and code so we can be muir ready f'r th'next Mazzle-breakin' update from Blizzard.

Firstly, there be some AddOns, such as Bongos, tha' currently should nay be updated wi'oot an exhoribitant bit o'plannin'. Those AddOns, Ace'd or not, will contain a folder titled .svn. (On MacOS (any unix, in fact) any file/folder prepended by a 'dot' will be invisible, so these "don't update me folders" can't be seen under MacOS. To make or see a .svn folder under OS X, you'll have to use the terminal.)

Then we've three groups o'AddOns: Ace'd, not Ace'd & Mazzle's own.

On Mazzle's, we need permission to alter these from Mazzle. He may tacitly hae giv'n it - Mazzle seemed right pleased in El's skins & excellent Mazzle AddOn patching directions.

On Ace'd AddOns, I suppose most o'us are updatin' wi' an Ace updatin' program. I am very impressed with the interface of jWoWUpdater , which looks similar under Mac OS and Windows. It also can install/update non-Ace AddOns if they are hosted here on wowinterface.com or curse.com; the feature's brand new and needs some polish, but the author is vera active indeed!

And the last group are the manually updated AddOns. I've divvied them up into lists and have DL'd all available updates and will start installing one by one. Many of them will require changes to Mazzlefizz's Mazzification code, some of which we can skip (as the older AddOns work still), but others might become required.

An', finally, might be time t'move some AddOns in an' oot, like Skillet for ATSW....

Who'd like t'throw in an' help wi' this? Are other beta testers still around an' enjoyin' MazzleUI? Especially those "giants in the earth ", such as Mazzlefizz, Meio and Detard.

Let's git this party started!

--Mortie

[Dreadlorde]

I would be more than happy to make mroe skins/any graphics for mazzle UI. I may be able to provide some support for xml also. I don't use Mazzle UI; but I support everyone who wants to keep it going .

[Kraki]

I was not a beta tester, but I'll gladly lend a hand with anything i can.

[iljott]

I was one of the purple beta testers for Mazzle UI. Unfortunately, I stopped using MazzleUI when it started getting all broken, but the amount of community cooperation on this UI is simply incredible! I still miss some of the things which are included in MazzleUI - especially the automatic button layout (call me lazy! ), which I found to be great.

I'm always tinkering away at my current UI, and experimenting with this and that, so I'm willing to help out with testing for MazzleUI should the need arise.

Good job Mort and good luck!

[Gastronome]

I was not a beta tester.. but have been using it faithfully ever since its release. Threw the bad times and the good times, and i think we all know what those were. I would be more then happy to test or lend any type of hand that i can to see that MazzleUI gets update to the newer mods.

[Elcarath]

Nicely stated Mortlach
I am not a code builder or an AddOn creator, especially next to Mazzlefizz, Meio and Detard. I have used MazzleUI for a long time now and just couldn't play without it However, I am not a beta tester but I will be glad to help anyway I can.