Long story short: WowMatrix is essentially dead.
Oh, they’re still puttering along. I even see an updated addon from time to time. But after some major addon hosts got tired of WowMatrix harvesting things on their sites without giving them the opportunity for add revenue, clickbacks, or even a “Thank you very much for letting us be in ur base, stealin ur bandwidth!” … well, they cut Wowmatrix off.
Problem is, I’ve gotten very used to how much time an Addon manager saves. If you find a good one it will not only check your current addons for updates (a lifesaver after any major patch) but help you find and try out new ones.
So I went to Curse.com (one of the sites that cut WowMatrix off, interestingly enough) to try out their own client. It’s worth noting that the Mac version is still in beta and that’s what I’m using, so this is all subject to change. It’s also worth noting that when I started up the Curse Client it threw me into a demo of their “Premium” service. As I’m a cheapskate you’ll find out about the non-premium version when this one expires.
First, let’s recap with a quick look at WoWMatrix’s window.
Not the prettiest, and if an addon had 36 million components it listed all of them, but it worked. I assumed Curse’s client would have a similar setup.
Augh, where did all of my addons go? WowMatrix would at least show an addon even if it didn’t recognize them! … Oh, wait … they’ve put them into a separate tab.
Panic attack averted, and replaced by minor annoyance. Apparently Curse didn’t know if an addon named ImmersionRP meant that it was an addon named ImmersionRP. … OK. One button click in this window clears out most of the issues. My current setup still hasn’t fixed Carbonite or PowerAuras yet, mostly because I’m not just a cheapskate but lazy as well and I don’t want to have to redo my preferences for those (or in the case of PowerAuras, export & import my settings).
OK, next step is to look for new Addons by going to that “Find an Addon” tab. Doing so results in …. absolutely nothing. Why? Because I don’t have my updated list of available addons, of course! One more button click and I can search away to my heart’s content.
Ah, much better.
Until my “Premium” service expires and it potentially all stinks again. I’ll let you know when that happens.
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