[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] whitedragem:
1.7 is the best of over twelve roms I have tried

I admit I am a new user.. and each new rom I try inside of a day or two (sometimes a couple of hours, sometimes less) 1.7 perfect black is what I fall back to.

I just find that I get days from it (battery wise)and everything behaves the way I like.

I even persevered with the inbuilt Palringo IM app, and whilst I did accidently put in my facebook details twice (with the side effect of receiving all messages twice), I found that an update for Palringo allowed me to remove the extra 'IM account'. (I admit I was astonished there was no remove function built in for the non updated version of the program, but updates are automatic so no biggie.)

The only reason I post here is to confirm a change/fix that may be needed for future releases, and whilst I have given up on 2.5 manillas (they all seem to lock up hard and run slow once I run Myphone app and put back all my sms's and such) I do reckon Joshs' version would run like a charm.

So what is the one niggle I have noticed?

When saving an unrecognised number to the phone book, the fields are greyed out whilst trying to enter names.

Which means I am 'blindly' entering the name detail. Once I press 'enter' they do show.. but any spelling mistakes I make can be a hassle to fix as these fields are greyed when editing.

It is crazy the simplicity for why I stick with Joshs Perfectblack.

First impressions last,.. and this was the first rom I ran than allowed me to run the weather app based on my present location, that picked up the city I am in instead of settling for a 'listed' city a two hour drive away, with rather different weather. (I have used several now that do.. but I recall the sheer joy of this feature working and I attribute it here... the mind being a funny thing).. I know I could edit things to make it work, but the reality with us rom flashers that like to try things out is the easier it is to get things running right, well.. Joy!

The killer usability feature that frustrates the hell out of me with most (other) roms is that the onscreen slide up keyboard doesn't minimise when the icon is pressed.

This was with the default rom that came with my device, and any rom that doesn't allow me to easily shrink the keyboard away (most make me press elsewhere on the screen) gets a thumb down from me.

I gather this is likely a cab or a reg edit I could perform to every rom, but like everything else with this rom it is just nice when it all works.

Yes I want the eyecandy of 2.5, but I love the speed and battery life of 2.1.

Donation due (it may take me a month before I have the change to spare, but it will come, even if a magic rom is cooked by another, for the joy you have brought me you will be rewarded!)

I understand the greyed out field for name entry may have been addressed in the thousand posts in this thread.. to be honest I haven't read them all, yet.

I did try 1.8beta, but the keyboard minimise function I mentioned above wasn't working properly so like many other roms, got relegated to the tested roms directory on my pc.

The one app I have missed in all the roms here was the default rom on my device (a telstra rom - I live in Australia) had an awesome battery usage screen which gave all sorts of feedback and calculations. I haven't found its equal yet.

Oh and for those who never used hdwobble, youtube has videos to show you what it is for!

cheers