I like this notion of the desktop metaphor being extended to bookmarks. Actually I was quite disappointed to see that Google missed this trick with their new Chromebooks, preferring to stuff app links into a bar at the bottom of their desktop. Your approach makes a lot more sense.
Quick bug report, there is a display issue when one's browser window (or screen) isn't wide enough, it chops off whatever is meant to be at the right hand side at the top: http://i.imgur.com/GfNtJcv.png
I think you are incorrect to use the word "bully" to describe the situation, with all its negative connotations. It implies that her end goal was intimidation, rather than the more noble path of trying to ensure a safe space free of sexually-charged behaviour - which was indeed one of the stated goals of the conference in its code of conduct.
Your axiom that gender is only an issue in choosing the language of abuse, rather than choosing to abuse, is unsupported. It's been demonstrated time and time again that there is a special type of vitriol reserved for empowered women in technology by certain types of men (who are, presumably, insecure about having a women 'interfere' in 'their' spaces).
For a man to receive comparable treatment, he would have to have committed much greater transgressions in the eyes of such socially maladjusted, bigoted hackers - for example, Bill Gates at the height of his anti-Linux, monopoly-abusing role. And even then, such specialities as rape and other gendered violence would not be forthcoming.
Except it doesn't "just work". For example, offline support is abysmal, and standard tasks such as viewing PDFs or Office documents are riddled with display bugs. Chrome OS has a long way to go before it's a serious competitor to the mainstream operating systems.
Quick bug report, there is a display issue when one's browser window (or screen) isn't wide enough, it chops off whatever is meant to be at the right hand side at the top: http://i.imgur.com/GfNtJcv.png