On older versions of erpnext / frappe there was a desktop icon view which was great. Is there a way to use this on the latest versions of frappe. The old destop which i believe was replaced by the workspace looked like this
Try Odoo 
@djeff , just a joke 
Since v13, UI is completely different.
This kind of “icon” menu is doable with custom page, or even with custom html block on workspace.
Hope this helps.