Bring these buttons to life!  sipX 3.7, the current main line, now supports softkeys for speed dial and directory. Using the user portal of sipXconfig every user can define personal speed dial keys. These settings are projected to every phone the user is using.

Directory information is generated by sipXconfig based on the users created in the system. In addition, spreadsheets with additional external users can be uploaded. You can create as many different directories you like and assign them to users or groups of users. 

We have built a generic model that is applicable to most if not all phones supporting sof- or hard keys for speed dial and directories. Currently only the phone model for Polycom phones supports this new capabilities. However, adding this generic capabilities to other phone models is pretty easy. If you'd like to know more about it, ask on the list and you will get some help.  As a next step we plan on adding Busy Lamp Field (BLF) capabilities to the speed dial screen. This will allow the status of other lines to be monitored on the phone. It is based on a new Resource List Server (similar to a presence server) that phones can subscribe to in order to get status of other lines.

More info is on the Wiki .