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I suppose it's my personal bias (I like minimal & clear layouts), but this current UI you got going on feels claustrophobic at best.

Since you're committing to a horizontal scrollbar, why not increase the size of columns and position the content so it feels like I am reading/looking _down_ (from top to bottom) not everywhere all at once.

Also, a better scrollbar design would be nice + individually making sure each column can be understood where it is from. In other words, some kind of a heading indicator. (You already use Icon + Source name but I feel it isn't enough.)

Maybe you already got all this planned out and you're busy with the algorithm stuff instead, if that is the case - sorry.

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Thank you for your detailed feedback!

It should look pretty clean, unless you have a browser that always shows scrollbars. What browser and operating system are you using? I think Windows and IE might show scrollbars more. Should look good on majority of popular browsers like mobile and Chrome. But if you give me more details I can look into how it looks on your side.

I did try adding a stronger header look before... but it ended up looking too busy and heavy. Right now I'm trying to lean towards minimal and clean as possible consider the amount of data going on. If you can give me a mock up of what you are thinking I would love to see that!

You're right, I was viewing from a Windows machine (Chrome), and I haven't checked it on my Mac yet. I will try and do it on the weekend if I remember or have the time. I honestly think there's a lot you can do on the UI side, especially if you plan on having people commit to using this engine on a daily basis.

Cool, ya let me know if it looks better for you on Mac. Ya that is the problem on Windows, especially older Windows machines. I think there is a setting on Windows to make the scrollbars work more like Mac on Chrome?

Yes will be trying to improve the UI more. Please try it more this weekend and let me know any more advice you have!

I'm a bit out practice with these things but look into ::-webkit-scrollbar for styling, maybe it works out.

Based on your feedback I've tried removing the horizontal scrollbar, but keeping the functionality. The scrollbar was a bit distracting and duplicative of the top buttons. Thank you!

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