openartist, I totally support any initiative to make the Calibre user interface less "off putting" and more accessible to non-coding users. I also speak as a user experience designer and prototype coder—back when I worked for a living. However easy it is to criticize the Calibre UI, it has to be recognized that it is a successful application. No contradiction there. Photoshop violates just about every UX principle yet no one can deny that it is successful, despite being a real jungle of widgets and secret handshakes.
the ducks put it best:
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The wonderful thing about Calibre is it offers different UI's and customizable toolbars. AND IT RUNS ON 3 OS
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The key concept here is workflow. Calibre offers flexible means by which one can alter the interface to best reflect what you want to accomplish.
The images you provided may make sense to you but leave me quite perplexed. I'm sure the Calibre I use every day differs as much from your concept as it does from the default Calibre install. This is a good thing.