SuperKid Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Hm. WebKit instead of Trident as rendering engine. Mac OS X-related resources coming with the UI update. Steam for OS X, anyone? I think it's possible. If you ask 'What for? There are no games on OS X!' - two points: Valve might just have ported the Source engine to OS X. Alternatively they could license the Crossover technology and run Windows games via WINE. I for one would welcome our new Steam overlords on the Mac OS X platform. I kept seeing people constantly requesting to change the rendering engine used in steam to something else like WebKit, so they may have just changed it by users request on the forum. Also someone on the forum has modded the skin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3769988/temp/SteamSkin.png And this one http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9467/steamuibetamod2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 No compact mode anymore really stinks, and changing the rendering engine was unnecessary. Glad to see this happen honestly. I hate trying to look at screenshots in its current state. Takes forever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I like it well enough but is it just me or is it now way harder to tell which games you have installed? That's the only part I don't like. Ah, nvm. I'm just slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 WOAH. :blink: That's a big change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisan Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I like it well enough but is it just me or is it now way harder to tell which games you have installed? That's the only part I don't like. Ah, nvm. I'm just slow. It is if you leave it at the defaults. As it seems with you last sentence you already found out how to change it, but for anyone else: Right above your games list click the dropdown arrow and change it from ALL GAMES to INSTALLED or FAVORITES or whatever you want. The only bad thing about this method is you either view all games, installed and uninstalled in one big list, or you view only the installed games.....you cannot separate them out like the old list did automatically, while still viewing both lists (unless I am missing something). Hmm....it seems you can change the view to List, then sort by Status which can put all the installed games above the uninstalled games. It is still one big list, but it does put installed at the top (or bottom).....I prefer to use the W7 jumplist though and virtually never even open the new client, but it does look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 It is if you leave it at the defaults. As it seems with you last sentence you already found out how to change it, but for anyone else: Right above your games list click the dropdown arrow and change it from ALL GAMES to INSTALLED or FAVORITES or whatever you want. The only bad thing about this method is you either view all games, installed and uninstalled in one big list, or you view only the installed games.....you cannot separate them out like the old list did automatically, while still viewing both lists (unless I am missing something). Hmm....it seems you can change the view to List, then sort by Status which can put all the installed games above the uninstalled games. It is still one big list, but it does put installed at the top (or bottom).....I prefer to use the W7 jumplist though and virtually never even open the new client, but it does look nice. Yeah, well it's still beta so hopefully they'll make the distinction between installed and what not more noticeable. A separator would be very nice. I'm not really liking the huge font for the store, library, and other stuff either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Heck yeah! New steam is super easy to customize! Just finished cutting away some excess space on mine. Will probably pack it up later if anyone's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewism Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 They made a small update: 2/24/2010 - Fix Arial Bold font for menus not being found and menus rendering empty - Fix a common crash rendering web pages - Fix for apps that have already been downloaded re-downloading on initial beta opt-in - Fix for a common failure discovering HTTP proxy settings which prevented Store/News/Community pages from loading - Fix for text on Windows 7 with higher than normal DPI settings getting clipped vertically - Fix for a texture memory leak in the in-game overlay that could lead to crashing after a while It fixes the missing font and the MW2 redownload bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Wow, this thing is awesome. The old client always felt unresponsive but this one is the direct opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 One thing I don't like is all the empty space. The new client is really nice, but... the dang empty space is just.. ick. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViZioN Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 One thing I don't like is all the empty space. The new client is really nice, but... the dang empty space is just.. ick. :pinch: Overall I think the new skin is pretty cool. There are a few bits with too much empty space though, hopefully that will either be cut down by a skin, or by Valve :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKid Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Heck yeah! New steam is super easy to customize! Just finished cutting away some excess space on mine. Will probably pack it up later if anyone's interested. Woah thats how it should me, so much better, any chance you could release that? You should post it on steam forums so the developers can take a look! Much cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I will post it eventually, but currently its way too glitchy as of naow. Plus when it comes to steam forums... bah, theres enough "hire this man/look at this!" already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJC. Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I think this was a much needed update but of course it is still in beta and I'm really hoping they fix small things like this- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Mkay - whoever is interested in borderless skin - http://theubermensch.net/files/borderless_a1.zip Its probably glitchy in many ways i dont even know yet, but hell! Feel free to build upon it or w/e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDX Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I think this was a much needed update but of course it is still in beta and I'm really hoping they fix small things like this- For a temporary fix start Steam with -no-dwrite to disable DirectWrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan- Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Love the new skin, and the menu is very Zune-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos mage Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 It is better, but I found myself asking "Is this really the best they can do?" It feels like a hack job to me. I'm expecting to just stop using Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well when you have invested a lot of money and time in games on Steam you don't really have an option to just stop using it. That's the sad part. Can't take your games elsewhere if you get fed up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSib Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 It is better, but I found myself asking "Is this really the best they can do?" It feels like a hack job to me. I'm expecting to just stop using Steam. I hope everyone understand the idea of beta and dedicated feedback forums, right? No? Beta: Not the finished product Beta: You may have to reinstall Steam or some games Beta: Some things may not work Beta: Some things may be ugly If you're going to stop using Steam over that then I don't know what to tell you aside from don't ever beta test anything. Also, thanks to the person who suggested the disable directwrite parameter for Steam. I'll try that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos mage Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I hope everyone understand the idea of beta and dedicated feedback forums, right? No? Beta: Not the finished product Beta: You may have to reinstall Steam or some games Beta: Some things may not work Beta: Some things may be ugly If you're going to stop using Steam over that then I don't know what to tell you aside from don't ever beta test anything. Also, thanks to the person who suggested the disable directwrite parameter for Steam. I'll try that out. Public beta: May not be finished, but is generally usable and usually comparable to the final product. Yes, I perfectly understand. I just don't actually care. I don't know what to tell you other than I'll beta test whatever the hell I feel like. Steam has needed an overhaul for ages and it does do some things I very much wanted, so they get props for actually doing it. I just expected better. And of course I won't stop using it for the games I already own on it, that would be silly. But for future purchases...well, there's always sales. Other than that, I prefer other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I love it compared to the old skin. I think it needs a few things changed/added but overall I think its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Love the new beta. My only gripe is that forward/back works across the entire UI and not specific to each tab which is a real bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I haven't installed it yet, not feeling like beta testing anything right now on my fairly new build where everything is working as expected. I'm a little suprised at all the griping but a certain percentage of people can always find something to gripe about. :sleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos mage Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I haven't installed it yet, not feeling like beta testing anything right now on my fairly new build where everything is working as expected. I'm a little suprised at all the griping but a certain percentage of people can always find something to gripe about. :sleep: Yeah, I can. Your hair sucks. ;) Inherent irony that you're griping about people griping. When it's a product millions of people use every day and hasn't changed visually in over five years, of course not everyone is going to be happy with those changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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