This is another try at a concept.. still working out a lot of the major quarks.

Let me know what you do and don’t like about it.

The wallpaper is available for download, minus the folder icons.
I included a link to the place I found the folder icons as well, but I am not including them in the wallpaper because they are not mine to give modified versions of (embedding into the wallpaper I consider to be modifying).

I’d love to find some widgets that can be spun, with your finger, like a dial. If you know of some, please post a link in the comments! :)

Check out the link for the last try at this type of layout:

http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/08/22/modern-gui/?a=bgon