The ideas present in this design challege proposal are not a shift in the metaphor for tabs, or any kind of reinvention of tabs. The idea is also not likely to be entirely new. The proposal here is a simple examination of how users are using tabs, getting to those cases where "I have 40 or 50 tabs open", and a suggested change in the behavior of Firefox so it matches user patterns and an increasing pattern of web content.

We just installed vertical blinds to divide the space in 2. In the original project (cwsc.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2019905%3APhoto%3A46) we thought about using regular office fixed thin walls to separate the front room from the working area, but then after some brainstorming we decided that it would be cooler to have just a curtain-style track blind that can be opened at any time :)

We got the keys for the future coworking office in São Carlos today (March-04-2008) and went there to unload some stuff, and brainstorm about the layout, project and next steps.

The soundtrack is "When It Started" by The Strokes, and the fast-forward effect was made using the JES Deinterlacer xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html#DEI freeware thanks to this tutorial karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/slowmowithim08 , because iMovie08 doesnt have VideoFX like iMovieHD had :(

After this visit and a day of brainstorming with email exchanges between me, Marcio Galli vimeo.com/taboca and Ivaldo Sicchieri oficinadesenho.com.br/ , the basic idea of how the office layout should be is pretty much done, there are some photos on the (also new and under construction) cwsc website at cwsc.ning.com/photo .

We bought 3 doors yesterday to build the first desks of our future shared office.

More info about the status of the project at coworking.pbwiki.com/Coworking-Sao-Carlos

The funny thing was that the name of the company who makes the doors is Fuck S/A

Update: as of 03/03/08, we closed the deal on this place, we are officially renting it now, I am changing the visibility of this video to public :)

more videos about the next steps coming soon.

more info at coworking.pbwiki.com/Coworking-Sao-Carlos