I have to navigate an interface like this to access resources from my school and it jams my brain. I don’t know if it’s badly designed but my brain doesn’t know what to click or where to point my eyes when I’m looking for something. I literally have to read each element, visualize what the words represent, and compare it to a visualisation of the thing I’m looking for to guess what I need to click on which proves to be very cognitively straining. I know it sounds pathetically simple but it is an additional dopamine hurdle I have to overcome before I can do any homework or revision. I don’t have this problem on most webpages. I wonder whether it could be ADHD related because my classmates always seem to find relevant resources in the system for things that I turn to Google for because this page is so impermeable.
Here’s another example:
Is that blackboard? worst experience i’ve ever had, that interface actively detracts from learning because its so confusing. Our school recently ditched it due to student feedback.
Oh good so it’s not just me. Yes that is Blackboard