i haven't customize the taskbar cause i wanted to finish my theme. with manilla editor i combined 3 themes into 1.
apple tux (clock one of the best looking flip clock, orange highlight, people photo black chrome frame, round programs tabs),
sprint theme, The icons (plus i manage to get, comm, calendar and call history sprint icon )
zitou negative altenative theme (i extracted the slider from)
all this with the (wallpaper on all tab, no curtain mod)
i had to do it this way because the apple tux and zitou negative theme run on a old version manila which has a tremendous lag on the home tab. but now all three combine and the lastest manila (run super fast) i have the theme i wanted, simple and stylish. now i get to work on the task bar icons.