Don't have those problems

I was just forced to get a T|X, (cracked the screen on my T3). I'm running FitalySkin, and sliding works for me both on the main grid and the symbol pickers. Both launchers from off of the home key and off the tab key work for me too. Doesn't work in landscape mode, but I don't expect it to.

Not sure what I'm doing differently, but after following the setup instructions, I didn't get my status bar back until I forced a rest.