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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Microsoft and application developers treat the Documents folder like a total dumping ground for whatever random nonsense they can dream up. No wonder people look elsewhere. Need to store user files? Documents. A database? Documents. Giant cache files? Documents. Config? Documents. Executables? Fuck it put those in Documents too.

Why would I ever store my real documents in a folder so littered with shit that I can never find anything? It's not like the search actually works.

Also as a Linux user myself and to head off any smugness, developers do the same thing with the home directory so users end up inventing weird ways to stay organized.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 23 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

I'd be happy if those apps were asking to save to Documents like in the screenshot. But alas, reality is much more cruel. They always want to save to some vague OneDrive location, and won't even show you the local file browser without extra steps.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago

If yOU dOn'T uSe oNEdrIvE iT is IMpOssiBle to AuTO sAve! The technology just doesn't exist to save on a timer without involving the cloud!

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[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago

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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

OneDrive documents --> PC documents --> desktop
why must I press so many buttons to get it where I want :/

[–] AlexCory21@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

This is a word document. Where should you save a word document?

In the documents folder. The documents folder.

That's right! You save it to the desktop!

no... No please...

What about this picture file? Where would you save a picture file?

In the pictures folder. Cmon...

That's right! You save it to the desktop!

oh god why....

I just downloaded this file... Where should I save it?

The... The downloads folder?

That's right! You save it to the desktop!

: '-(

For those that don't know... This is a reference to this video. https://youtu.be/cUbIkNUFs-4

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I use downloads instead, it mainly functions as a temporary folder where anything unimportant can live and once it gets a scroll bar it all gets deleted. For the very rare things that are important I could then move them after.

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[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Saving to desktop is insane behaviour and the OP just told on herself.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Rebuttal, with a physical desk you put things you need right now on top in the open. You wouldn't grab something off the printer and put it into a drawer first, then reopen the drawer to get it out of your need it now.

The desktop is "right now" workspace. Why bother to put it into a folder whose only purpose is not to take things out of to put elsewhere? I could at least understand people who download direct to documents... but that still leaves a mess to clean up with installers and such.

Downloading to the desktop is not only sane, but more efficient.

Leaving everything on your desktop is a different conversation though.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

Desktop is for empty space so when you close everything it's clean

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

I just do everything out of my file manager. I use Krusader, which has twin panes and tabs.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I definitely would go ahead and put the printed document directly into a hanging file in my desk drawer if I could read/use the document without ever moving it like I can on a computer...

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Somehow I'm doubting that you keep all your computer files in your download folder. You still have to move it. My way just makes it obvious it needs to be filled instead of leaving it on the junk drawer.

And the physical desk analogy still holds. Yeah you put it in a folder in the drawer, but it's the wrong one. Unless you are specifying a custom filepath for each file, in which case, carry on.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

Unless you are specifying a custom filepath for each file, in which case, carry on.

This one is correct. I always setup my browser to ask where to put each download, and then send it to the file it needs to live in. Usually have the "default" be the home folder so I can easily browse to the subsequent folder quickly. The browser doesn't just get to decide where to put stuff or it would all be a mess eventually anyway.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago

Rock on, you are an inspiration to us all.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 6 points 4 hours ago

This one guy at work has 3 layers of desktop icons. LAYERS. I don't know how he manages.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

All IT support immediately revoked.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think she means OneDrive.

Its a black hole. You just drop files in there and never open them again.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Soooo true! I can’t believe how much they’ve made the damn computer fight you on this!

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 29 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I am the opposite and I absolutely hate it when I have to work on someone's laptop with cluttered desktop and folders. Mine only has a taskbar at bottom and clock widget at bottom right corner. All temporary files goes to downloads or to organised directories. What's the point of having a nice wallpaper if you can't enjoy it.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

What’s the point of having a nice wallpaper if you can’t enjoy it.

That's what the aecond monitor is for

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

You do at least have some shortcuts on your desktop, right?

Otherwise, why have a desktop?

You can open a picture if you want to look at it

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That's what the super key is for, you hit the super key and start typing the name of whatever it is you want and hit enter just like a phone

[–] donkeyRadish@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So, what, remember the names of all the things I could want? Also, "just like a phone"?

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah like on a cell phone you type the name of the app and it shows up

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago

You do at least have some shortcuts on your desktop, right?

Not OC, but no, that's what the taskbar is for, I use my iconless desktop as a space to drag windows around and multitask

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I'm the same way. I will tolerate no icons on my desktop. It's widgets or nothin'.

Now, my physical desktop, on the other hand...

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 43 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft: put it in OneDrive. We will use your content to train our AI models. No really this is fine.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Also Microsoft: If you ever try to leave us we will delete all of your data on all of your devices. We might even do it at random just for fun…No, we won't warn you.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

I love the random deletetion. They deleted a whole year of my university notes just because.

[–] bigredcar@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Windows 95 was easier to use simply because of saving everything to the desktop. When Windows 98 tried to introduce "My Documents" i was like nope and still saved everything to the desktop.

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