Effect of perceptual load on performance within IDE in people with ADHD symptoms
Even "lite" editors like VSCode, NP++, Sublime Text, etc have become distracting for me. Every time I fire one of these things up, my mental state is eliminated by being forced to dismiss some "hey we got a new version for you :D:D:D" bullshit modal. To whomever is responsible for adding these to apps: please stop. No one is enjoying your shenanigans. It is a <i>text editor</i>. Empathize with the user: People with <i>far</i> less time than you are trying to paste some hot mess right off their clipboard to work with. They've probably got a super nasty idea in their head they can barely hold on to.<p>Visual studio proper is a 100% circus for me now. I can power through it, but I lose tabs in about 15 seconds after opening them. Many times I feel convinced these tools have been engineered <i>with intent</i> to be shittier over time and slow down neurodivergent users. The ADHD/etc crowd is definitely the #1 thing a software company needs to worry about in terms of moat maintenance...