So, I'm aiming at using MeeGo CE on a day to day basis.. and I personally really hate the interactivity of that stupid launcher / switcher mode button, amongst many other things.

A while ago, I had a thought to re-imagine the desktop in QML, to allow for a lot more flexibility, and thanks to some help from Tom Swindell / alterego and input from a lot of other people, it's starting to take some shape.

Current status is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuS00aA8QyM

Current repo is at:
https://github.com/chive/lipstick

All the stuff you see on screen is QML (well, with possible exception of the applications themselves), and can be changed easily.

Hopefully, once this matures a bit more, the other CE folks will accept this as the new default UI, replacing the aeons-old ugly handset one.