[afripino]

Any progress on this?

I really like having 48+ (some people have 64 I think) shortcuts in a smooth-scrolling, easily managed menu. The 6.5 Start Menu is just too slow to scroll and if your ROM isn't a 6.5 build that supports the "free-moving" Start Menu icons, you're SOL in terms of easily organizing it. Sure you can arrange it in Explorer, but that's alot more work than is required in the Manila Start Menu.