which is better for creating mobile graphical user interface?

Hello everyone,

I was wondering which approach is better for building a good looking user interface for mobile devices?
GUI API:
it's a good API provided by Unity, however i feel it's not the right choice for building user interfaces.
UI:
It's looking better in my opinion, the tutorials at "Learn" section: http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/ui/ui-canvas has promoted this very well.

So, i want to see from you opinions. Which one is better to design a good user interface for mobile devices. And what tools you are you using to support different mobile screen sizes?

Thanks in advance
Cheers,

 

I've always heard that the GUI is bad for performance on mobiles.

I use ngui and think it's great, but you should be able to use the new gui in 4.6 if you want!

 

Well, i heard NGUI is pretty good. But I've also heard about "prime31" plugin here on the forum which it's free. Which one do you advice me to use?

 

why not the new tools in 4.6?

 

Yes, I start using it. BTW can i use it to support different screen sizes for a 2D game?

 

I'd say 4.6 is better as the OnGUI system had issues with GUI resizing on Android.

 

not sure, but I would say so. for GUITextures or OnGUI menues I usually create a short script that calculates the placement using screen.hieght and Screen.width