6.1 vs 6.5

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by codybear

UGH!!! QUICK MENU IS UGLY!!
No, It's FUGLY!!
lol.
Why not design your own start menu?
it's really simple.

I actually did design my own start menu, but quickmenu works fine for most people (& I don't quite get the ugly comment, what's a start menu supposed to look like??)

IMHO, QM works & looks just fine for most people if you set it up correctly.

~John

[darnell]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

I would agree except for the retarded start menu. That menu may be fine for people that don't install anything to their phone, but if you load it up like I do it totally blows.

Luckily, there is "quick menu" available to get around that. If that option wasn't available, I would have had to go back to 6.1.

~John

I have my Touch Pro pretty loaded up. I've got 25 programs that auto load from Sashimi after every ROM flash. Add installing Sashimi and that's 26, plus installing the SK Tools upgrade after Sashimi is done auto installing and I've got 27 programs I install myself aside from what is already baked into the ROM. And with some ROMs, that total goes to 30 or higher.

I also didn't like the WM 6.5 start menu at first, until I noticed how you can hold your finger over an icon and select the "Move to Top" option. So I can fully arrange icons to my liking. When I press the start menu, I've got 16 programs on the top, which is way more than the 7 or so in WM 6.1's initial start menu.

[redd214]

the 6.5 start menu was a big turn off for me as well until i found this:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481379

made life so much easier.

[darnell]

Originally Posted by redd214

the 6.5 start menu was a big turn off for me as well until i found this:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=481379

made life so much easier.

Now that looks very nice! Something that easily lets you manage folders. Much harder to do without an application like that.

Does that app still have any noticable bugs?

[redd214]

been using it for about 3 or 4 days now, its kinda sluggish at times but it gets the job done

[Bantimus]

I find 6.5 runs too slow for me - especially when writing an SMS. The KB seems un-responsive at times (for me), and the thing hangs when I try to close out of text messages, on numerous ROMS.

I do, however, love how finger friendly it is, and when I finally get a phone built for it, I'm going to enjoy running Titanium over TF3D, because it's just so pretty.

[darnell]

I've found the built in soft qwerty keyboard is sluggish on some 6.5 ROMs, not all. Last time I used StarROM the built in soft keyboard ran smoothly and quickly. But I prefer SPB Keyboard and it runs quickly on every WM 6.5 ROM I've tried.

[myriam]

I installed 6.5 and played with it for a while, but as JMORTON10 said, the start menu is retarded. Everything is together. I have a lot of apps and it's a pain scroling until you get hat you want. I went back to 6.1. For me is better

[Whosdaman]

ehhh....the only reason why 6.5 is such a big thing is finger friendliness, if it wasnt for that, I would bet few people would be using it....although CHome did make a big hit for some reason even though M2D and M3D are much better IMO

[darnell]

WM 6.5 also supports a newer release of Flash, along with some nice IE browser upgrades. WM was really in bad need of a makeover too. And for devices that don't have something like TF3D, the Titanium interface is good to have. Even some folks with TF3D prefer Titanium. And all sorts of nice Titanium add ins are being developed all the time.

Really it all comes down to personal preferences.