Three Cool Add ons I Found

Well, in my travels I have found a couple good add ons that I wanted to tell you about. But first ! I have to tell you about a really cool program that my friend Michael told me about that updates your add ons all by itself.....well, most of them. Some add ons are not supported by the program, but very few that I have found. It is called Wow Matrix and you can find it at wowmatrix.com. All you have to do it download it and it runs. No configuring, no complicated set up, you don't even have to tell it where your add ons are....it finds the folder itself. Now that is what I call service ! Simply click on the Update All button and off it goes, finding all the updates for your add ons and installing them for you. It even shows you what mods it cannot update for you, so you can do it manually. Why can't everything be this easy ?

The first mod I ran across was also recommended by Michael (affectionately known as the ModKing)and it is called WoW Instant Messanger. If you have been frustrated by trying to find your whispers in a sea of channel chats, or if you have been embarrassed by sending the wrong whisper to the wrong person ("I think you are so sexy" to your Guild Master, instead of your boyfriend)then this is definitely a mod you will want to have. It gives you your whispers in totally separate, movable boxes, so you can easily find them and respond to them. It also sounds a tone to let you know you have a new message. This mod also has no configuring, just toss it in your folder and it just works......always a plus in my book ! WIM is available on the Curse Gaming site.

The second mod I wanted to tell you about is called Auctionator. Now, this add on is no Auctioneer, but it does allow you to place auctions up quickly and easily. You simply hold down the alt key and click on the item in your bag. It will bring up a window (also can be brought up by clicking the Auctionator tab at the bottom of your screen) and it puts your item in a window and at the top shows the price that the mod recommends you sell it at, which is determined by the prices of like items that are in the AH right now. (you can tell it by how much you want to undercut your competition, in the options) It even lists the items that are up for auction, at that time, and the prices they are being sold for, noting which of them are yours and which are others. If you don't agree with their recommendations, then you can type in your own price for bid and buyout. It it pretty handy dandy, the only complaint I have is that it does not hold the prices that you post your auctions at from session to session. Such as, say you are selling Scorpid Surprise Recipes. If you type in your bid and buyout prices, it will hold that price if you want to sell more than one, but if you go to sell them the next day, you have to type in the price again. Ah well, nothing is perfect. Auctionator also does not have a database to suggest prices or a scanning function. It is more or less just a small price comparer for those of us that sell the same items consistantly, and need to know what the competition is selling them for that day. It's pretty handy, but I will still be looking for another AH add on to do what Auctioneer no longer does, simply or easily. Auctionator can be found on the Curse Gaming site.

Hope springs eternal :)

Jade