Indeed. We are in the process of adopting more of a google docs flow to document creation. This would mean having the templates right in your dashboard and then getting sent directly into the scene when selecting a template. You can always give a name to your scene at a later time. Thank you for the feedback :)
In the create new UI, the name field needs to be more obvious. Since the template thumbnails command so much immediate attention, it took me a minute to figure out what was wrong when I was trying to create a canvas and the blue button at the bottom was disabled.