I seem to recall this being discussed before, but could not find it even after quite some searching.

I've been wondering whether there is any way of altering the "long press/tap -> context menu" -behaviour. Currently we tap on an item for a long press, the menu appears, and then we have to, while holding down, move the stylus/finger/else to the desired menu item and then let go to select the menu item.
I've always preferred the behaviour I had on my PPC2003 devices; long press to open menu (pointer is animated to show how long to press), lift off the pointer, inspect the menu items, and tap the one you want. The issue has gotten worse since installing a Celly screen protector, as it's rather thick and makes the touch screen less responsive.

Thus; is there any way to alter this behaviour?

I'd also like to disable the behaviour where a long tap on the desktop brings up the desktop editing mode, as it has caused some widget-disappearances in past (slip the phone in pocket without remembering to lock the display).

Any help is greatly appreciated