You seem to have it all set up know, but you could have used HTC homeplug if you wanted to stick with OEM apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1193685440
You can have up to 9 apps on one row (9 is pushing it in portrait - I use
. The interfaces is all registry based unfortunately.
Wizbar Advanced Desktop can do anything - That is, if you have a lot of time.
You could have a virtual desktop page with all of your HTC plugins and another page with some iCube or Vista ripoff theme - just to keep usability under control.