Agreed. I have had an idea on this.
What if we took inspiration from Android/iPhone?
My idea is this. Use Modern Category Boxes+ Groups as a base idea.
Make category Icons on a homescreen with Notification badges.
- Notification Batch with number count on the category pic.
- clicking on category pic takes you to Category.
- Below Category Pic the Category Name. Maybe with an SVG (?). Clicking on category name has a popup of the category desc.
The Groups would allow to put categories organized under group names. Maybe the Category Icons could be displayed in grid of 2 to 3 per row depending on the screen size maybe even up to 4 for tablets?
Add option to use a wall paper pic as background.