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Originally Posted by haus

(...in response to post by: "tedtlogan
3. Can I get a more generic/default start menu? The one you get when you hit the window key is just too much. I also like being able to assign shortcuts to keys, like holding down "4" for such and such program.")

Not an intrepid question...this is a general (and common) WM6.5 complaint. I hate it too. I put most of the stuff in the start menu into folders, which makes things easier to deal with, but it's a pain to do. I think there is a program called quickmenu that will get you back to the more 6.1 style menu.

This is sad...very sad, ONLY...
I followed your thread from SprintUsers, hoping to find some fix/solution for the lost WM6.1 functionality of:
ASSIGNING SPEED-DIAL NUMBERS TO APPLICATIONS.

I can't determine from your response [above], Haus, whether you have abandoned the last (and most important part) of tedtlogan's question...speed-dialing applications, or responded only to START screen style...? (When you can directly access speed-dial-assigned applications WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE PHONE, what possible relevant concern could exist about application grouping on some display screen??)

With WM6.1...Moto Q9c, for example...highlight any START menu application, and the right soft-key [labeled: MENU] provided option to assign that app to Speed-Dial menu. (The ONLY phone number on my Speed-Dial list was Voice Mail, #1...which could not be reassigned...)

No GUI access...for emphasis, a restart: NO GUI SELECTION is more efficient than speed-dial of applications!!

During google search, I skimmed [without much comprehension] exchange 'tweenst developers about pushing applications and some support files/structures(?) on WM PRO speed-dial list. Mortscript monitoring/changing INTREPID registry values added hope I was getting close. (TBD/?)

Regardless of difficulty-of-use/lack-of-elegance, I hope to learn of a way, ANY way, to "push" desired applications on the INTREPID speed-dial list...after years of ease-of-use, being forced to press multiple keys just to get to a screen so I can scroll-down & LOOK (!!?!) for an icon is becoming unbearable... I may well (without hope of returned APP-SPEED-DIAL functionality) abandon WM6.5 (and desired touch-screen, "lost" since retiring my TREO) and return to the memory-short and somewhat problematic Q9c.

In addition to efficiency/convenience, there exists a safety component--I could, with Q9c, access traffic info, glancing at phone screen only AFTER the desired map was displayed. Execute-app-without-lookup functionality cannot be abandoned...neither can driving, nor the need-to-know while driving (pulling over on Hwy 101 is almost-NEVER an option!).

BTW, I'm looking forward to learning 'bout my phone from this thread (hoping/assuming I do keep the INTREPID...).
I certainly recognize the backlight and screen time-out issues! Q9c occasionally reverted to 5-second EVERYTHING! (My kluge was daily/auto SPB Backup....I'd just jump back a day or three and restore "normal" timing, as registry editing "didn't stick", once that glitch, whatever it was, "hit".)

Kudos all-around, and especially you, Haus, for taking the time to share knowledge...thanks!