[vansmack]

First off, I love the finger friendly-ness of the new SYS and ROM files. Microsoft is definitely on the right track.

Good first effort on the panels. My first impression is that there is a lot of wasted space on the "selected" panel (I prefer more tabs visible on the today screen which would require less space around the selected panel). I suspect that as screens get bigger this is going to be the way MS goes though so your probably on the right track...

One other danger in doing customized panels is support for installed apps. For example, your ROM comes with TitaniumWeather 4.1. I prefer TitaniumWeather 4.2 so I can see the current temp on the screen without choosing the panel. Installing 4.2 not only takes away the left aligned icon, it doesn't show the current temp and all the icons are broken in the forecast.

I'm guessing I will have the same experience when I install other apps like ArteseaTwitter...

But let me play with it for a few days and take a look at your CPR file. There might be some tweaks that will make it more to my mold than yours. But it's your ROM so cook away as you see fit. I'll probably try a few themes over it as well to see how the new SYS files handle those themes.