This appears to me like a solution in search of a problem, like many others before it...the quote below seems relevant to this effort.

"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." ~Henry Spencer

that seems a little harsh. I think there is a real usability gap which this takes a crack at.

Some ideas like using viewing a linux dir over _ssh_ using native UI components.. seem cool.

I do agree, some of these do seem like they have already been solved in other ways (like an sshfs mount).