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by cschreiber 1104 days ago
Hi there! Ah, the design of our interface... You've just touched on a topic that's seen more passionate debates in our team than whether pineapple belongs on pizza.

In the end, we chose to go with a vertical layout mainly for simplicity and intuitiveness. The vertical block builder provides a linear, straightforward visual representation of the workflow, which can be easily understood at a glance and aligns well with regular standard vertical scrolling. Another factor was visual clarity i.e. presenting a clear view of the sequence of operations, also helping make the flow easier to understand and debug.

That said, we understand that more complex workflows can benefit from a node-based editor's flexibility.

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The workflow UI looks really good. Nice work! Was that totaly built in house or is it based on a library?