Hi @Sarah_Lubeck thank you so much for your product feedback about the recent changes to your Bluescape Home. We do listen and appreciate the feedback and are always working to improve the product to be the best experience for our customers. 
Here are some quick updates:
Workspace Sorting
We have some good news - the team is aware of the issues you’re experiencing with the sorting of workspaces. There should be a fix coming in the next release so that workspaces are sorted by the date they were last accessed. So please stay tuned for that.
Bluescape Home Updates:
I’ve reached out to @Noah_Blank who is the knowledge expert and product manager for Bluescape Home. He will be in touch about upcoming improvements or updates.
Pan Mode vs. Select Mode
As for the issues you’re experiencing, are you able to reproduce this issue and provide us the steps it takes that cause you to experience this?
With the most recent September release, Bluescape now remembers your settings when you click Pan (hand button). If you wish to move to Pan quickly and return to Select, we recommend holding your spacebar button down to switch from Select to Pan, then releasing it when you wish to move back into Select.
Thanks for being a promoter and lover of Bluescape. 
You can always submit more feedback in the Product Feedback category. Other community members can add their votes on your feedback to help our team prioritize product changes.