Originally Posted by
LonestarHero
However, after the 4.0 patch I noticed some changes in the Blizzard stock UI. Among them was a Power Auras-like notification when cool downs are available and some raid frames. I would love to get rid of some of the more cumbersome addons like Grid, Quartz, Squack and Awe, Necrosis, PallyPower, Power Auras, etc.
When Cataclysm comes out I plan on going back to druid healing. Presently I use Grid and Clique to heal my party and raid. Should I be able to get rid of Grid now since the stock UI now has some real frames? I'd imagine I would still keep Clique around.
The part I liked about Grid, was with some extra addons and configuration I could get a countdown for my HoT's in the corners of the frame as well as a color code for the number of stacks of lifebloom applied. Does the stock frames UI allow that now?
Am I being too optimistic about Blizzard's ability to incorporate useful features of other addons into their stock UI?