To formalize a conclusion to the discussion:
Here are the ideas from the initial proposal seem to be mostly approved by everyone:
#1 We make the navigation side bar in the same style as in the Global Admin proposal
#2 We seperate each sub-section in its own rectangle, with the title of the sub-section outside of the rectangle, to allow for better scanning of the contents.
#3 We make use of the activity stream revamp made my @tkrieck in his Notifications Revamp.
#7 We wrap the sub-sections one after another, respecting the Z pattern of scanning webpages.
Note based on @mflorea ‘s comment: on each row of sub-sections, each sub-section will have a height equal to the tallest sub-section even if their content is not that long.
#8 We take out the word “Preferences” at the end of each sub-section’s name.
#10 We make the profile picture smaller, centered in its div (about 60-70% of the available space)
I will soon update the design page and link it here. Thank you to everyone that contributed to the discussion. I will mark this as solved, but feel free to add more comments