Ok, I used to have this working, but it broke just before TSS.
In my EQClient.ini file, I have the line:
UISkin=Custom
In my UIFiles\Custom directory, I had Drakah's Ornate Character Select, which showed a different set of buttons and looked much better than the default login. The attached zip file is his (I may have modified the size of the Screen item, but everything else is original), since I could not find it anywhere any longer.
During the TSS patch, it seems EQ changed from using a EQUI_CharacterSelect.xml file to a EQUI_CharacterListWnd.xml file, and it is even worse than the original. I tried duplicating everything from the CharacterSelect file in the CharacterListWnd file, but I still get the default UI for the login and any character without a UI assigned.
Does the UISkin line not work in the EQClient.ini file any longer?
Can you no longer change the Character Select window?
Either this needs to be corrected, or the CharacterListWnd file should be part of EQLS not EQUI (so we can change it globally).