Actually, it is possible to use controller for AC-styled (4 buttons) scores at least. I used to play like this. With right middle finger I click on ○, right index finger on × , the left middle finger on △ and the left index finger on □. This allows you to press two/three/four targets at once. It is a little weird configurations, so keyboard is better.
About UI... Master said that he have a plan for changing UI (like a mod), but there is no time to work for it (here
forum_thread/206). Now you can only chage it by yorself, all necessary pictures is in KHC/PPD/img/default. I am trying to do this too. Here is my progress yet:
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PPS: For songs background...
Find necessary picture, change it to 1564*880, change name to thumb.png, put it in song folder and ta-da!