How about lets build a shell centered around simplicity, ease of use, and functionality.
Really, we don't need a shell packed with functions (like DoorsCS), what we want is a shell with the simplicity of AlphaCS, and the features of DoorsCS.
I think all shells were designed with that in mind. The developers just had a different idea of what's simple, feature rich, and easy to use. You'll should sketch out on paper (or computer) what design you'd like to see.
I think you'll find it's extremely difficult to find a UI design that everyone likes. There's a whole profession around this called UX design.
A UI mockup would be great--VYSION 2 has a "desktop layout" functionality, that lets you effectively arbitrarily change the whole UI to look like whatever you want, even other shells, so I could try to work with that a bit.
With that said, what specifically makes Cesium and CEaShell hard to use? Having a feature-rich shell with an extremely simple user interface is a bit of a paradox, in my opinion.
One of the mods that many people like to see to Doors CS is TabFuncs (or hotkeys), which was once external and later integrated into the shell: https://dcs.cemetech.net/Manual/Hotkeys/ . You can press various keys to "click" on the program icons and to scroll, and avoid using the mouse cursor. If you don't remember all the keys, you can press [STAT] to "tab" through the icons.
What I would love to see would be a Doors CS shell compatible with the TI 84 Plus CE.
I worked on it for a while, but unfortunately, I lacked the time to continue my work for a while, and in the meantime a few great shells were released. I might get back to it someday, but it's not at the top of my TODO list.
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