Assuming it&#x27;s anything like regular eclipse the UI probably is highly customizable.<p>It&#x27;s more like a tiling window manager<p>You can choose how many of those panels you have and which tabs are in each panel and which buttons you have in your toolbars.<p>&gt; The actual code takes up like 40% of the screen.<p>considering that many projects still have guidelines regarding line-length (something around 80-120 characters) there&#x27;s only so much horizontal space you can utilize. I can easily fit two source files side by side on my monitor and still have room for additional panels.<p>&gt; Is this actually what programmers want from an IDE, or just what they have come to expect?<p>The more you can have on the screen at the same time the fewer permutations of arrangements you need for different tasks.<p>If we are to extend the desktop analogy, it&#x27;s a work bench with a wall of tools hanging in front of you, every individual tool within grasping distance.