Since the first month of the original world of warcraft launch, I've used the Cosmos UI compilation. At first I didn't think it'd be that great, but I was blown away by all of the incredible features it provided. There were things in that UI that I didn't believe the game was even capable of. I believed the built in census tools, minigames, extra bars, dozens of little minimap buttons, and the fact that the UI could communicate with other people who had the UI as well so you could identify them was just incredible.
I used to tell everyone I could about it and convince them that their lives would forever be better if they used the UI as well, to the point that you would've thought I was preaching religion to the heathen non-believers.
And then a few months down the road I realized that I really didn't need all of those features, and that it was all dramatically slowing the game down with the bloat as time went on and more things were added. Towards a certain point it got so bad that I literally swore off of using compilations built by other people, and went in search of individual mods that I could swap in and out to my hearts content.
Unfortunately I became a little obsessive compulsive about it, and often found myself spending more time finding and configuring new mods than I did actually playing the game. I remember times when after nearly every patch I would spend the entire day, sometimes even multiple days browsing websites like curse-gaming looking for updated versions of the mods I use, new mods to try, and then configuring them all before I was ready to play the actual game. Then I would spend the next week or so checking back for updates to mods I hadn't found yet.
It got a little easier nearly a year later when I started using Mondingas Gypsy Mod. This not only took care of the hotbars, unit frame, and buff frame in one small and efficient package, but it also introduced me to the minimalistic approach and convinced me that I didn't need 130 individual mods to get the job done.
I was pretty satisfied with Gypsy and around a dozen individual mods until I happened across the original MazzleUI thread on the official forums. I was instantly captured by the screenshot I had seen of it in action. At first I was a little wary of trying it since I no longer wanted anything to do with big and complicated compilations, but I couldn't get it out of my head. I quietly watched it for well over a year hoping that it would be released soon. Mostly I believed that I would try it out for a few minutes as I did the Insomniax compilation, (which wasn't easy for me, as I've been a fan of Insomniax mods ever since the original Starsiege Tribes game back in the late 90's) and then dismiss it as nice, but bloated and full of things I didn't need.
Unfortunately for me though, I was surprised to see an actual public release posted on the wowinterface.com thread dedicated to it. I immediately downloaded it, installed, and was impressed with the mazzifier. At first I was a little overwhelmed by it all, and wasn't sure if this was the right UI for me after all, but it quickly grew on me. I realized that unlike the previous compilations I had tried, this one was built with speed, efficiency, and elegance in mind. Although MazzleUI comes with over 150 mods I realized that none of them were really frivolous and that they all played a beneficial role to different classes and types of players.
Not only that, but I was very impressed to see that they could all easily be disabled depending on what style of player you are, and what class you play. Plus they could be disabled or enabled easily on the fly from inside the game without even having to log out and mess around with the files.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say in this book I'm writing here is that you shouldn't allow the whiners to get you down Mazzle. One look at the official forums will tell you that this game is full of ignorant crybabies who can easily drown out the people who really do appreciate what's being done. In this day and age it's far too easy for people to hide behind their anonymity to fire off insults and let garbage spew out of their mouths that they wouldn't even dream of publicly saying in real life. This will all change though when I complete my invention that allows you to reach through the monitor, and slap the person on the other side. One of these days...
If you decide to cease development on this project I couldn't really say I would blame you. Since the first day I had a computer of my own I've always been curious, which has led me to gaining experience in software engineering, light scripting, website development, hardware troubleshooting, 3D modeling, Graphic design, server administration, etc. What I'm trying to say is that I understand what it's like to invest countless hours into a project with little to no rewards other than personal satisfaction. It isn't always easy, and wanting to give it up to move on to other ambitions or even try out that thing they call "real life" is understandable.
Just make sure you do it for personal reasons, like wanting more free time for yourself, pursuing other goals, lack of continual interest, etc. Rather than just because a few people who are barely competent enough to operate a keyboard, let alone being able to comprehend what it takes to complete something like this, choose to lash out their own self angst and ineptitude on an internet forum.
Trust me, for every socially defective person who downloads this UI and chooses to prove their ignorance to the entire world, there are 10 more like me who silently enjoy the work you do, even though we should voice our appreciation a little more often.