Quote Originally Posted by Zal View Post
they give you the option to customize it however you like
This statement is only true for very limited values of "however you like".

Here is a small list of things that I would like to be able to do but can't do with Edit Layout:
  • Remove the completely useless portraits. Combo points for rogues can go elsewhere.
  • Remove the huge borders that most of the UI elements have.
  • Have the raid frames flow horizontally rather than vertically.
  • Show HoTs on raid frames.
  • Change the relative size of health/mana/charge bars on unit frames. One of these is more important than the others.
There are many, many others. From my perspective, the default Rift UI is an exercise in bad UI design with a sheen of customisability. It seems to have been designed solely to make the transition from WoW as easy as possible. I hope they give us the option of changing every aspect of its look and feel.