And which mods do you play with, and which would you recommend?

I've slightly improved the interface mod that I presented earlier. Now, if you add the following lines to the file c:\Users[user]\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V — Tribes of the East\Profiles[game_profile_name]\input_a2.cfg:

bind input_ScrollLeft ',' 
bind input_ScrollRight '.'

then pressing the < and > keys will scroll the turn order bar. The implementation was borrowed from XREH, and I thank him for that. And also, a version with arrow buttons on one (left) side of the bar.