Agreed. My first playthrough, I wound up quitting and uninstalling because I got to a point where I would have a unit that needed move orders, I'd move it, then wait to be able to move it again. Suddenly, a settlement would run out of build queue, and ask me to give it something to do. Immediately upon queueing up a new building, the research window would pop up, tearing my focus away from the settlement I was trying to queue a list of all available buildings for.
After a few instances of this cascade happening, I was livid, and the game was done.