I've been tweaking the standard HUD beyond getting rid of the menu buttons for myself, trying to keep it close to the original but taking some of my personal annoyances out.

Ex: http://i.imgur.com/EXPfcwm.jpg

Removed the minimap border, pet hud shell, swapped the xp and skill bar around, changed some of the buttons to appear only when hovered over with the mouse (pet send to town, aggressive, defensive, and passive stances, the game options button, quest tracker button) and added some transparency to a few things (pet health / mana / buffs, xp bar, player buffs, party icons).

Debating whether I should bother uploading it or not, still a work in progress as I see things I want to adjust. Some aspects aren't perfect, such as how the collapsed quest tracker arrow button still appears on the screen until you hover over it. If anyone wants to use this hud, I will upload it to the workshop. I'll probably add the menu button removal mod to it as well so you don't need both of them.