Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDevelopers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1430arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down12·1 day agoI mean… those are hidden by default
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 day agostill. it’s the year 2025. XDG_CONFIG should be the standard assumption
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day 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-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoTo be fair this is how I clean as well
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 day agoI don’t think so. If they were, they’d look shaded like the AppData folder does.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·23 hours agoThey have a dot in front. Means they are not shown my default, not even in cli
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoThat’s simply not how it works on Windows. https://superuser.com/questions/1064112/hiding-files-starting-with-a-dot
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·1 day agoThat doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.
I mean… those are hidden by default
still. it’s the year 2025. XDG_CONFIG should be the standard assumption
Who actually keeps hidden folders hidden? It’s like the first box I check when I open a file explorer for the first time.
To be fair this is how I clean as well
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
That doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.