Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoDevelopers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1471file-text
arrow-up1471imageDevelopers: "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 · 12 days agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoI mean… those are hidden by default
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·12 days agoThat doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoTo be fair this is how I clean as well
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·12 days agostill. it’s the year 2025. XDG_CONFIG should be the standard assumption
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 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-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoI don’t think so. If they were, they’d look shaded like the AppData folder does.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThey have a dot in front. Means they are not shown my default, not even in cli
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days agoThat’s simply not how it works on Windows. https://superuser.com/questions/1064112/hiding-files-starting-with-a-dot
I mean… those are hidden by default
That doesn’t make it better though. App data should be under app data, either roaming or local depending on use.
To be fair this is how I clean as well
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.
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