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Each week, WoW Insider and Mathew McCurley bring you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you"d like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you"re using to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and follow Mathew on Twitter.

Keeping things tight is a noble goal for any UI junkie. Sure, flashy is fun and downright awesome when you can get away with it, but compact UIs are always the little darlings of the screenshot world. People marvel at how much screen is actually taken up by screen real estate and not addons or buttons. We love addons and buttons, but we just want them contained, penned up, and above all not running around crazy and loose.

Khirsah sent me his rogue"s user interface, which I thought was pretty neat and wanted to share. The user interface takes the bottom bar concept and augments the HUD interface to it in the most minimal way. The two raised sides composed by the chat box and minimap give everything that tiny bit of symmetry that puts me at peace. It"s simple but dense and packed with information, yet it still looks clean -- noble goals fulfilled, in my opinion. Let"s dive in a little deeper.

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Reader UI of the Week: The right kind of compact rogue UI originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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