They had a design challenge related to this awhile back. I think I received the lowest score of the entrants for this desktop metaphor concept: http://vimeo.com

They had a design challenge related to this awhile back. I think I received the lowest score of the entrants for this desktop metaphor concept: http://vimeo.com/9451028 http://vimeo.com/9451028 (pardon my rookie screencasting skills). I think in the end though those favorite sites aren't much different than active windows, "top apps" is quite similar to a quick launch bar ... and the sidebar chat window looks like ... a sidebar chat window. That's the way things will go #IMHO. Firefox 12 looks like a great gateway toward this.