OK, so I jumped the gun a little bit.

It does work fine for starting up Tear, yes, but it stops the default browser from loading up when I click on the Web icon in the menu. This is with the default browser being set to MicroB and continuous mode being turned on (I also tried with it turned off). I'll try and look into it.

Meanwhile, I've updated the GUI to be more Fremantle-friendly; diff here: http://slexy.org/view/s2JL7ye01p

The changes are rather intrusive and do make it more dependent on Hildon, but I'm hoping the following screenshots sway you: