Hi everyone. Not a big poster on here. But I have built allot of roms, as well as I also program with MS's .netcf mobile platform (which i have a love hate relationship with,lol) everyday with my job. I have built a few roms with the 23041 SYS already and have also tried and built many different roms using the new finger friendly stuff from MS from the 23034 build and up (as well as MS's OS way back to before ce2003), and have a few things to mention. One is the custom roms very greatly as to how the new finger friendly interface looks and works on these roms. The stock layout (no customization at startup or anything just basic bottom end build (that i've built)) in the 23041 rom looks different than anything i've seen in a rom from cooks on here. Also i've noticed the removal of the top right drop down task/memory menu in the roms on here as well. Which technically it shouldn't be removed as on an unmodified rom that icon and the time sit on top of each other(on a basic rom, you can literally see one on top of the other). And with most of the roms, even though its not there if you click there, the menu still drops down. Also click and hold the keyboard icon to get a menu to come up to select a different keyboard. There is allot of improvements, but at the same time also some over sites. It seems more like a 3rd party did the upgrades than MS (my opinion from a netcf programmer who knows what makes all of this work), as some simple things have been over looked, and not fixed since 23034. Which is strange as the fixes should be easy. It's almost like a 3rd party is trying to upgrade the GUI without thinking it through. Also, i think that MS isn't posting all of this C&D mess. Also, why would MS be dropping down new SYS's this close to Oct 6th. From a developer point of view, if the devices are hitting the streets on Oct6th with 6.5 on them, that means that the 6.5 OS has been completed already as the Carriers have to have some time to deploy the OS on their phones. Something that can't be done overnight and ready for shelves the next day obviously. I would put my money on the fact that the SYS's we are seeing now are not going to be what hits the floors on Oct 6th. But thats just my two cents. I'm not knocking anyone or any rom, as one, Energy rom is quickly becoming my favorite on here (Great Job!! on the builds), and two (I actually like the way these SYS's are heading, just wish they who ever "they" are would finish it, lol). Anyways, i'm rambling.
edit: side note, i think whatever 3rd party might be updating the GUI, could possibly be the same person doing the C&D's from Microsoft, it's not that hard to spoof an email address you know when they sent the C&D email to the places they did in the last couple of days?? just my opinion though. Why on earth would you get rid of free software testers. I know that fact very well, as i work with companies everday who pay people to test. Microsoft has the gold mine of beta testers
And if it is by chance MS doing the GUI upgrading, then i would almost be 100% sure you're looking at WM7 starting to show, since it's slated for release next spring, and 6.5 was supposed to be the springboard/transition. I think they have 7 GUI almost done and working, I think that they are running into issues implementing the 7 GUI into the normal OS code.