C'mon. Nokia does have a clue about users like you. And also about all the rest. Just look at the portfolio of devices, market segments, countries... For some reason they have decided that certain UI paradigm will pay our salaries and will make happier all stakeholders, including the majority of users Maemo is intended for. Perhaps even you, let's talk when the Fremantle UI is out, and Harmattan's, and...

In Maemo there is a bet on a UI paradigm and then there is a possibility for third parties to develop and maintain their own alternatives. Not a coincidence. We better concentrate in the critical missions and leave to the community space for variants at their taste and will.