Features

  • Full-featured Addon manager.
    • Lists all installable addons (from the Ace repository or managed by your guild's UniAdmin) with their descriptions.
    • Easily find the addons that provide the features you are looking for.
      • Ace addons are conveniently sorted in their categories.
      • A search box lets you browse the long list of addons quickly.
      • An advanced search tool lets you search through addon descriptions.
    • Can show colored differences between the old and new versions of addons during upgrade.
    • Can keep your addon directories clean of unnecessary and old files.
      • Prevent the deletion of custom files (such as textures, fonts, ...) based on a Regular Expression pattern.
    • Install Ace addons with embedded libraries or keep the libraries external.
  • Quickly get to where you need to go!
    • Launch WoW button.
    • Guild homepage button.
    • Guild forums button.
    • Guild roster button.
  • Automatically uploads your WoW characters' information to the guild roster.
    • Without your intervention.
    • Even installs the CharacterProfiler? and GuildProfiler? and keeps them up-to-date for you.
    • Detects new information and uploads it automatically (WoW writes this to the files on reloadui/exit).
    • Splits your CharacterProfiler? and uploads it in parts so that it doesn't cause Out of Memory errors on the rosters.
  • Appealing look, easy to manage.
    • Straight-forward interface.
    • Elegant design.
    • Customizable color themes.
    • Full-screen / windowed mode.
    • Translucent splash screen.
  • Only shows itself when you want it to.
    • Hides in the System Tray.
    • System Tray menu has relevant links; for example, to launch WoW.
    • Great for having it auto-start with your computer, ready to update your character data, addons or quickly launch WoW.
  • Very flexible and configurable.
    • Nearly any feature can be configured.
    • Configuration options are immediately applied. No need to restart anything.
  • Very OS-friendly.
    • Supports Java 1.5 and 1.6 (the latter is recommended).
    • Should run on any operating system with Java installed. Tested on:
      • Windows
      • Macintosh OS X
      • Linux
  • Custom guild logos.
    • Brand your guild's NetherPanel using the logo you uploaded to UniAdmin.
    • Supports transparancy and PNG translucency for some interesting eye-candy.
  • Supports WebStart?.
    • NetherPanel works entirely through WebStart?.
    • No hassle installing the program. Just click the link to start NetherPanel.
    • To create a NetherPanel shortcut on your Desktop (or elsewhere):
      • Right-click the "<i>Start NetherPanel</i>" link and select "<i>Save as...</i>" (or whatever your browser uses).
      • Save the file to your Desktop (or elsewhere).
      • Start NetherPanel by simply doubleclicking the file.