Everything seems to be working perfect again with v4.04 tradeskill ui
Just wanted to mention that I now think the issue with the non moving durability bar might actually have been bogus ( sorry about that ).
The issue still appeared to be there on all 9 main crafting chars I logged on to do daily researcher item, even when I ignored all reactions and tried to make it fail, however, I noticed on a lower level char that it actually seemed to be working
After some playing around I managed to get it to move on the other chars by making a harder item, I guess the daily item was just too easy, and in combination with +durability mods prevented the bar from dropping below 100%.
Anyway, thanks for a great mod, it has become such an essential part of my crafting, I can't even function trying to use the horrid default one