I feel like people don't take advantage of how easy it is to create a simple user interface for a Drupal site. Create a new page for the user on login that list

I feel like people don't take advantage of how easy it is to create a simple user interface for a Drupal site. Create a new page for the user on login that lists the most frequently used functions with another link for advanced functions. That said I die a little every time I see the markup D7 produces.