Ep. 111 - UI Drama & Raid Testing

But before then, we have, uh, add-on drama news.

[laughs]

Sad news.

Like I say drama, but it's, like, it's, you know, sad.

Uh, which is Unhalted Raid Frames.

I don't know if either of you guys were Unhalted Raid Frames enjoyers.

Uh, have halted development due to abuse and harassment.

Here's the, uh, the Wowhead post on that.

I was.

Dorink, have you seen this?

Yeah.

You a user?

Yeah, I, I was a user until Elsmer UI happened.

This was the go-to during the add-on purge.

Yeah.

It's one of, like, several add-ons that popped up in the past year and then popped down soon after.

I, I remember there was, like, a Nephew Eye was another one of these, right? Where it was like the add-on purge is happening, some new people kind of throw their hats into the add-on dev ring, and then people, they kind of get a taste of, like, how, uh, toxic the, you know, discourse in the community can be around it.

The WoW community, yo.

Classic.

Yeah.

The, the, the, [laughs] and then they're out of there.

So in this case it was, uh, Unhalted Raid Frames, they pushed a large update that added party and raid frames, indicators for ready checks and threat, and more requested features.

Unfortunately, this update also caused several unintended problems, breaking core add-on functionality, resulting in a deluge of irate comments from its user base on the project page, Discord, DMs, and other social spheres.

Several hours later, uh, the creator c- announced over Discord that the add-on would cease development entirely, uh, in direct response to the hatred and abuse received throughout the day.

Uh, the author further reminded users that add-on devs work on projects of passion and no one should be subjected to abuse or harassment for creating add-ons, closing with a final request to be kinder to one another.

But before then, we have, uh, add-on drama news.

[laughs]

Sad news.

Like I say drama, but it's, like, it's, you know, sad.

Uh, which is Unhalted Raid Frames.

I don't know if either of you guys were Unhalted Raid Frames enjoyers.

Uh, have halted development due to abuse and harassment.

Here's the, uh, the Wowhead post on that.

I was.

Dorink, have you seen this?

Yeah.

You a user?

Yeah, I, I was a user until Elsmer UI happened.

This was the go-to during the add-on purge.

Yeah.

It's one of, like, several add-ons that popped up in the past year and then popped down soon after.

I, I remember there was, like, a Nephew Eye was another one of these, right? Where it was like the add-on purge is happening, some new people kind of throw their hats into the add-on dev ring, and then people, they kind of get a taste of, like, how, uh, toxic the, you know, discourse in the community can be around it.

The WoW community, yo.

Classic.

Yeah.

The, the, the, [laughs] and then they're out of there.

So in this case it was, uh, Unhalted Raid Frames, they pushed a large update that added party and raid frames, indicators for ready checks and threat, and more requested features.

Unfortunately, this update also caused several unintended problems, breaking core add-on functionality, resulting in a deluge of irate comments from its user base on the project page, Discord, DMs, and other social spheres.

Several hours later, uh, the creator c- announced over Discord that the add-on would cease development entirely, uh, in direct response to the hatred and abuse received throughout the day.

Uh, the author further reminded users that add-on devs work on projects of passion and no one should be subjected to abuse or harassment for creating add-ons, closing with a final request to be kinder to one another.