You have got to be kidding! This thing is supposed to replace the collaboratory?
For starters, how does one fine new (unread) messages? It seems one needs to click on all of the individual areas, with no prior indication as to which might contain new information. And I see nothing indicating anything keeping track of what has been read or not.
Plus the pages are extremely busy, with all kinds of extraneous nonsense. Not a business like, nor useful structure.
I don't think this is going to work.