I’d love to see a UI redesign for Qubes, since its unique system means it doesn’t work well with typical layouts and desktop managers. I even have some ideas I’d love to contribute*. However this all seems like a lot of work. If this draws manpower from the core project goals (e.g. security) I’d much rather stick with what we have, which users like you and I will find ways to cope with.
The main draw is the shortcut doesn’t present a prompt like whenever I shut down a qube via the Qube Manager. If you add an icon up there, a prompt is needed even more so than in Qube Manager. I can see the value in having the option, but it also adds clutter that some might see as redundant.
Thank you again for introducing me to it. Yes, it’s because I can go Win, type thunderbird (or proton thunderbird) then smash Enter. The focus gets directed to the new window, I keyboard my way through that, then Alt + Esc and move on to better things.
*e.g. a drag-and-connect network configurer map where qubes are represented by different colored Qubes logos (the blocky ‘Q’), with the inside color (or inner icon) of each Q representing different templates and the letter itself corresponding to appVM’s label color