Personal applications, based on moveable / resizable elements

TL;DR

This paper explores the design and features of applications built entirely on moveable and resizable elements, emphasizing user control over interface customization.

Contribution

It introduces a novel algorithm for designing applications where all interface elements are moveable and resizable by users, unlike traditional fixed or predefined adaptive layouts.

Findings

Proposes a new algorithm for moveable/resizable interfaces

Highlights benefits of user-controlled interface customization

Describes features of applications built on moveable elements

Abstract

All the modern day applications have the interface, absolutely defined by the developers. The use of adaptive interface or dynamic layout allows some variations, but even all of them are predetermined on the design stage, because the best reaction (from designer's view) on any possible users' movement was hardcoded. But there is a different world of applications, totally constructed on moveable / resizable elements; such applications turn the full control to the users. The crucial thing in such programs is that not something but everything must become moveable and resizable. This article describes the features of such applications and the algorithm behind their design.