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>on Windows you needing to figure out where your AppData folder even is (it varies on release) I believe "%appdata%" is symlinked to the AppData folder on ever

by Nadya 11y ago

>on Windows you needing to figure out where your AppData folder even is (it varies on release) I believe "%appdata%" is symlinked to the AppData folder on every version of Windows Minecraft runs on.

zanny 11y ago
Which is the point - you are now starting to try to make kids understand what symbolic links are or even how to input those in Windows Explorer. Just saying "open file manager, hit f8, go to .minecraft" is actually a usability improvement for kids.
- Nadya 11y ago
  Every minecraft guide explicitly says to open file manager and navigate to "%appdata%" often with pictures of where to even input "%appdata%". I knew what symlinks were but never knew Windows had them. I only learned about %appdata% from a youtube video made by a 11-13 year old kid about how to install a mod for Minecraft. They don't need to know what a symlink is or where their .appdata folder is to know how to navigate to "%appdata%". The young ones are a bit more tech savvy than adults are giving them credit for. Are they pandered a bit without having to know as much about the internals and how things work? Sure. But they're able to navigate and follow instructions because they've literally been doing it their entire lives. Many laptops don't have a dedicated function row ("F\d" not FN) keys. So "F8" might serve to confuse some people who have had the privilege of only ever owning a laptop (I know a few of these teens myself!)
  - mjevans 11y ago
    It's not just laptops. Many new keyboards ship with a laptop-like function-lock key that re-enables the functions you're actually seeking when you hit what you think are the Fn keys.
    - Nadya 11y ago
      Or if you're like most people I've met... you have no idea what FN, Alt-Gr, or the menu key even are. My point was more about not knowing what those are rather than the keyboards that lack them or have alternative inputs.

by Nadya 11y ago

>on Windows you needing to figure out where your AppData folder even is (it varies on release) I believe "%appdata%" is symlinked to the AppData folder on every version of Windows Minecraft runs on.

zanny 11y ago

Which is the point - you are now starting to try to make kids understand what symbolic links are or even how to input those in Windows Explorer. Just saying "open file manager, hit f8, go to .minecraft" is actually a usability improvement for kids.

Nadya 11y ago
Every minecraft guide explicitly says to open file manager and navigate to "%appdata%" often with pictures of where to even input "%appdata%". I knew what symlinks were but never knew Windows had them. I only learned about %appdata% from a youtube video made by a 11-13 year old kid about how to install a mod for Minecraft. They don't need to know what a symlink is or where their .appdata folder is to know how to navigate to "%appdata%". The young ones are a bit more tech savvy than adults are giving them credit for. Are they pandered a bit without having to know as much about the internals and how things work? Sure. But they're able to navigate and follow instructions because they've literally been doing it their entire lives. Many laptops don't have a dedicated function row ("F\d" not FN) keys. So "F8" might serve to confuse some people who have had the privilege of only ever owning a laptop (I know a few of these teens myself!)
- mjevans 11y ago
  It's not just laptops. Many new keyboards ship with a laptop-like function-lock key that re-enables the functions you're actually seeking when you hit what you think are the Fn keys.
  - Nadya 11y ago
    Or if you're like most people I've met... you have no idea what FN, Alt-Gr, or the menu key even are. My point was more about not knowing what those are rather than the keyboards that lack them or have alternative inputs.