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ATTENTION CHEFS!
I've been out of the Rom cooking scene for a while because I found 9 times out of 10, someone had already built something similar to what I wanted. So, thanks for that!

But lately, I feel like none of the current roms are really letting the TP2 reach its full potential.

I'm not sure if any of the big chefs have played with this idea yet, but wanted to throw it your way and see what you think...
I noticed the points that slow down my phone the most are the HTC "enhancements". I mean, we all know that Sense is a resource hog, but that's not even what I'm talking about. If I wanted to save a phone number, for example, and I click "save to contact", then click "new contact", I can start counting seconds go by as the phone sits and loads the HTC new contact screen. For a brief moment it seems to be frozen. This is true of any rom I've tried.

Yes, this new HTC contact screen is much more finger friendly than the stock MS one. But is it at the cost of efficiency? Its rather frustrating when you are taking down someone's phone number and make them wait for your phone to be ready to ask how to spell their name. I do this frequently when I meet contacts for work, and its enough to regret having a WinMo phone. The funny thing is, I never remember having this kind of problem with my WinMo devices before HTC started customizing the OS. I don't think WinMo is to blame for this.

The same is true of most of the HTC "enhancements", I've found. The volume screen, contact manager, notification screen, etc... all this stuff seems to slower to respond than their native MS counterparts, and it feels like I'm constantly waiting for the next thing to happen.

I recall a Touch Pro rom by DCD (who never got the recognition he deserved around here, IMO) that was about as barebones as barebones can be... and it was the FASTEST my Touch Pro ever was. I installed apps manually via cab files, and was extremely happy with it. But sadly, nothing like this exists for the Rhodium. Even the "clean" roms still seem to have all that HTC junk built in.
I understand many people like the way the HTC stuff looks- and I don't blame them. But I KNOW the hardware on this thing is capable of a more responsive experience than we're getting now, and I'd like to have that option! My old Touch Pro was noticeably more responsive and snappier than my Rhodium is- I even compared them side by side.

IMO, these customized UI screens that hostily take over basic functions of our devices are the culprit and have GOT TO GO!

Anyone feel the same way??