Add a new Selection tab

Hello.

I think that Blender's user interaction could be better. I know that Blender's ease of use has increased a lot with the 2.5 version but it's still quite hard to use Blender during the first hours.

When you launch the software for the first time, you have a hard time figuring how to perform the simplest tasks (and the selection is one of the most basic actions of a 3D modeling software).

Asking new users to learn ~30 shortcuts is not the solution, really. Using shortcuts is a fast way to model an object but it takes some time to get used to them.

Most of the time, artists use a combination of clicks on toolbar icons and shortcuts.

• Experimented users will probably mostly use shortcuts.
• Average users will probably mostly use a combination of clicks on toolbar icons and shortcuts.
• Newbies, during the first hours/days will probably mostly use icons/buttons that they see on the interface (panel, toolbar).

And one of the most frequent tasks (if not the number 1) is the Selection.

Without radically modifying the current interface, I think that Blender should feature a new "Selection" tab.

Here is a mockup (as you can see, this new "Selection tab" gathers entries from the Select menu + some easily accessible snapping options):