Hey Deck,
I don't know if you've checked out MR. X's Rom, but he has Manila "CFC Compressed". I have no idea what that means - you probably do - but it seems to be a bit snappier than regular manila and can handle multitasking better as u can see in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqrKbABJf4
I just can't stand all those corny skins these kids put on their roms... Maybe consider doing the CFC compression for the next revision?
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