OK - after sleeping on it, I think I'm gonna give the new UI a try. IIRC, it was the HTC applications that didn't get along nicely, and I've pretty much gotten rid of the offending one - phone canvas (and call log). I think Album will be OK.
23409 looks like the latest with the new UI. da_reeseboy posted a link here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...&postcount=149
I'm planning to cook with that though I haven't checked the XIP yet. If anyone knows of a rock solid SYS build and an XIP that includes cachefilt.dll, send me a link. Otherwise stay tuned for a 23409 XIP and half-naked ROM this weekend...