an evolution of jQuery tabs? a new way of visualizing multiple "pages"?

an evolution of jQuery tabs? a new way of visualizing multiple "pages"?

I use jQuery tabs often, and really like the easy transformation they offer, from a list of divs to a set of visually separate tabs in one window.

I wonder if anyone has experimented with an all-in-one-view (page) rendering of a list of divs, in which 
  • in the summary view, each div is rendered equally scaled down, as a thumbnail,  perhaps with a readable title superimposed
  • upon selection (and equivalent to raising the selected table) the selected div expands to take most of the page; the unselected divs are still displayed in little thumbnail renderings
Does anyone know of work of this type?

Thanks!

  - Paul Shannon
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
    Seattle