Although faced with quite a bit of 'extra buttons' competition nowadays, Belle Extra Buttons gets yet another update (over and above the one I reported on a couple of months ago), this one bringing alarm and shutdown functions, swipe sensitivity adjustment and a bunch of fixes. More below.

According to Symbian Tweet, the changelog for v2.5.0 is:

• Added more new preloaded features
  • a) Shutdown Phone
  • b) New Alarm
  • c) New Audio Message
• Restart / Shutdown Phone confirmation dialog [ Enable / Disable ] under Settings Category.
• Swipe Gestures Sensitivity level [ Low - Medium - High ] under Swipe Gestures Category.
• (New SMS) preloaded feature is now supporting attachments.
• Fixed (New SMS) functionality bug when used in Toolbar Buttons.
• Internal Enhancements.’

With fierce competition from AndroMenu Extra Buttons and Extra Buttons, the world of Symbian UI add-ons is now very complicated. And I'm sure there are other options too. Do you use one of these? Maybe you're a UI masochist and have tried them all? In which case, which is the best?

Without wanting to dampen developer enthusiasm at all, I have to confess that I prefer to keep the UI of my Symbian devices exactly as Nokia intended. In fact, I go further and hide away many of the standard apps and delete some of the default homescreens. I'd love more data points from the AAS faithful though....