[XPERIA X10 Android Development] CosmicDan:
Precisely. As I mentioned, MiUI design goals are that you don't need any custom apps for a Launcher, Contacts, Gallery, Music, and so on. I myself am slowly getting used to it. Eventually we may work on enhancing the stock MiUI launcher with some of the known modification, for example - customizing rows/columns (which is a must for me, I prefer smaller and more icons).

The MiUI Launcher should not be removed, it is the native launcher for MiUI and thus it stays.

With that said, we will try to address the needs of all MiUI fans in v8 (after the next release, very close now) :) there will be a detailed FAQ with the next release, and in v8 the Aroma installer will be expanded with more customizations to suit all needs ;)

Anywho, here's a couple of teasers for the next imminent release:

CMParts integration in the System Menu, allowing you to change CPU clock and compcache settings, among other things, without a third party app:

Automatic Brightness settings are now disabled (greyed-out) because (1) They are useless for the X10's ambient light sensor being tied to LCD hardware only, and (2) They are dangerous for the new Automatic HW-LED fix that installs itself after a reboot ;) Brightness is changeable via notification pulldown toggles as usual, and the hardware-based ambient light adjustments work as normal.

Current changelog for v7, this is from my end only - the rest of the team is yet to see this! If you disagree with any of these changes please let us know here ASAP!

- Updated Aroma Installer theme - the touch buttons will now look darker when pressed for clearer usability
- English translations added:
- AntiSpam.apk (Firewall) with additional error corrections by CosmicDan
- Monitor.apk (Monitor)
- "Default" MIUI Theme (renamed to "M&M's MIUI")
- "Round Icons" icon theme
- M&M's MIUI Bootanimation added to "M&M's MIUI" theme
- bootanimation binary updated, fixed MIUI Theme changing bootanimation
- Added AppWidgetPicker.apk (groups widgets by app for third-party launchers)
- Added /system/xbin/rzscontrol for zRAM (CompCache) function to work (still disabled by default, see new
Performance setting to enable)
- Added CMParts.apk (hidden from Launcher and customized to suit M&M MIUI)
- Added "Performance" option under System Settings (between "Dock" and "About")
- Hidden nearly everything else from CMParts because they are dangerous
- Removed init.d scripts...
- 03fontscale
- You can use the MiUI Themes OR "Spare Parts+" from Play Store to customize font size to your choice
- 04apps2sd
- App2SD script for MiUI was not working at all, instead of fixing it use "Link2SD" instead to choose
yourself what to link to sd-ext. Linking everything from /data to sd-ext is a bad idea anyway.
- GPS.conf file updated, reflecting original X10 configuration but with Google SUPL server. Nice and fast!
- If you don't get a lock in Google Maps within 15-30 seconds of fresh install (and much faster after this
first lock), your provider doesn't provide XTRA data. Use "Faster Fix" and "GPS Status" from Play Store.
- Added some new build.prop settings that should help with 3G(+) and A-GPS connections
- New Automatic HWLED Fix. Do NOT flash any of the old enable/disable ZIP's or you will ruin the ROM!
- You have to reboot once (1 more time after first boot) for the HWLED patch to be enabled
- Removed the option to turn on Automatic Brightness (after a reboot) because it does nothing for our X10's
hardware-tied ambient light sensor and changing them is dangerous due to the new Auto HW-LED Fix
- Removed TelocationProvider app and database, this eats network and cpu and is a data miner only useful for Emergency
services in PRC. It also made GPS more responsive in my own tests.