Beta "Newest Questions" page: subjective reactions

I just tried the Beta version of the "Questions" page, and have a few subjective reactions:

1. Having quick links to other communities is a good thing. However it's my impression that most question that get closed as "off topic" for belonging elsewhere on the network actually should have been asked at Super User -- so I'd add a link to that community.

2. I notice you have removed our current reputation from the header line. I miss it that because it served as a cue as to whether I was logged in to that specific network site or not. Additionally, it had a somewhat hidden use related to keyboard navigation. Specifically, it afforded a fairly quick, backdoor way to access out inboxes via keyboard navigation:

   • Type the first few characters of the score, with "Search for text when you start typing" enabled (in Firefox).
   • Hit "escape" to cancel searching.
   • Tab to the inbox.

   If you're going to remove this trick please introduce some other way to quickly access the inbox via keyboard navigation.

3. I can't even hazard a guess as to what that Q*bert-looking icon in the upper right is supposed to mean:

   

   Even after clicking on it I still can't guess. Maybe you need to give the drop-down menu a title, or implement a tooltip.