Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoDevelopers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageDevelopers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines"discuss.tchncs.deMagnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI mean… those are hidden by default
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoI don’t think so. If they were, they’d look shaded like the AppData folder does.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThey have a dot in front. Means they are not shown my default, not even in cli
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoThat’s simply not how it works on Windows. https://superuser.com/questions/1064112/hiding-files-starting-with-a-dot
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoTo be fair this is how I clean as well
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoWho actually keeps hidden folders hidden? It’s like the first box I check when I open a file explorer for the first time.
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThat doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agostill. it’s the year 2025. XDG_CONFIG should be the standard assumption
I mean… those are hidden by default
I don’t think so. If they were, they’d look shaded like the AppData folder does.
They have a dot in front. Means they are not shown my default, not even in cli
That’s simply not how it works on Windows.
https://superuser.com/questions/1064112/hiding-files-starting-with-a-dot
To be fair this is how I clean as well
Who actually keeps hidden folders hidden? It’s like the first box I check when I open a file explorer for the first time.
That doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.
still. it’s the year 2025. XDG_CONFIG should be the standard assumption