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Author Topic: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul  (Read 1917 times)

Offline Bizzie

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A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« on: 24 February 2010, 08:47:22 »


More information here.

It looks like the mess with Steam's friendslist was because of this. A massive user interface overhaul.

To quote Valve,
"As of today, a new version of Steam is available through a public opt-in beta, open to all Steam users. This Steam update provides several major upgrades to the platform's core functionality. We've overhauled the Steam user interface to enhance the way you already buy and play games, adding more info about the things that matter — getting games, playing them with friends, and staying current in the gaming world."

Sound promising, yet I have my concerns. I prefer to keep Steam rather minimalistic and I, for one, certainly hope Steam won't evolve into a 'Facebook clone'.

(In somewhat related news, the rage thread on SPUF reached 146 pages. Not too shabby.)
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Offline Gridlock

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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2010, 09:55:24 »
Wow, I came rocketbricks. Going to try it out now.
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2010, 12:10:14 »
This is looking neat 'n stuff, however I have a minor problem.



Anyone else have this^?
« Last Edit: 24 February 2010, 14:08:27 by Frush »
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2010, 14:14:35 »
Frush, go to steam/resource/styles
Open steam.styles in notepad, go to line 31 and change arial bold to arial
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2010, 14:21:03 »
Quote from: Demon_Hunter on 24 February  2010, 14:14:35
Frush, go to steam/resource/styles
Open steam.styles in notepad, go to line 31 and change arial bold to arial

Cool, Thanks
« Last Edit: 24 February 2010, 17:19:55 by Frush »
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2010, 22:46:12 »
Hotdamn, that's pretty. Currently no web page will open on any Steam window ever, but it's very pretty. 8D
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2010, 23:24:44 »
Whats it like for specs?
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Offline Bizzie

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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2010, 23:28:58 »
I tested it for a while and found it terrible.

It was a tad slower than the 'classic UI', although I found the in-game overlay faster despite the amount of information it shows.

In the end I reverted back to the classic UI. Even though the new 'Metro UI'-styled interface might look a little bit better with a custom skin, it doesn't really appeal to me because of the lack of simplicity.
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2010, 00:03:25 »
Quote from: Xearo_Disaster on 24 February  2010, 22:46:12
Hotdamn, that's pretty. Currently no web page will open on any Steam window ever, but it's very pretty. 8D
open IE, go to Tools -> Internet Options ->Connections -> LAN Settings, and uncheck "Automatically detect settings," then close and re-open Steam.
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2010, 03:15:23 »
One big thing that is not directly noticable about this update:
Steam now uses the WebKit render engine instead of the IE one. Webkit is used in Safari and Chrome, and is the fastest render engine around. While the IE (6!) engine is one of the slowest, it will make a huge performance impact ;) .

Gj Valve!!
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #10 on: 25 February 2010, 11:10:22 »
Then again, you can only see the difference when viewing the Store or the Community, right? Everything else was slower for me.
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #11 on: 25 February 2010, 12:03:10 »
With the new UI, the ingame UI stuff seems to crash alot more offten..  :-\

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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #12 on: 25 February 2010, 12:13:04 »
Quote from: Demon_Hunter on 25 February  2010, 12:03:10
With the new UI, the ingame UI stuff seems to crash alot more offten..  :-\
Yes, sometimes I can't even access my overlay.
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #13 on: 25 February 2010, 12:49:59 »
Quote from: Bizzie on 25 February  2010, 11:10:22
Then again, you can only see the difference when viewing the Store or the Community, right? Everything else was slower for me.

True, although its just a Beta, so i guess the final will be faster. Also the ingame browser is faster, which is pretty nice :) .
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Re: A "Brand New Steam": Massive UI Overhaul
« Reply #14 on: 25 February 2010, 14:16:12 »
Weird, the new UI seems to be a lot faster for me than the old not-always-so-responsive version.
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