Leaky UIs: When Abstractions Break Down

Building a UI that is both simple and powerful, yet robust, is an extremely complex task. While redesigning the workspace architecture recently, many features are planned to be added to the layout system, but serious flaws were discovered in the existing Abstraction model.

These flaws and the underlying Data structure negatively affect user interaction.

The basic requirements for the Tiled layout system to be implemented are as follows:

• Multiple Panes/Tiles are arranged on the screen vertically or horizontally without overlapping
• Each pane either touches an adjacent pane or is positioned at the edge of the screen
• The screen size is finite, and the size of each pane is variable
• Users can freely resize panes