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[tim.mbp]

Just want an improved detail library view. It's weird that detail view lacks info like if the game has cloud save support or metacritic score that list view has. Unless I'm an idiot.

 

[Lister]

There's a huge amount of dissonance between different sections of the client and it's ugly and overly masculine, a product of the bygone era of PC gaming pandering almost exclusively to Exxxtreme Gamerz.

What?

Lol, I agree with outdated and perhaps a lack of refinement, in addiiton to not showing enough information... but overly masculine product of a bygone era?

Don't ever change GAF.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I don't even know what default steam looks like anymore, all I remember it being super ugly.
Been using #air for steam for years.
Hope custom skins remain an option.

 

[fluffydelusions]

See you in 2019

 

[Wowfunhappy]

UI isn't all looks, it's to do with usability as well.

A good UI needs both—and the two aren't as separated as you might assume.

They've done studies; show different groups of people the same UI with different skins, and the group who sees the prettier skin will say it's easier to use.

 

[grmlin]

HighDPI please. It drives me nuts, that the Mac client is sharp but on windows it looks like shit.

 

[legacyzero]

Will it launch with L4D3?

 

[h#shdem0n]

It feels weird to be excited about a store getting a new UI. And yet here I am.

 

[TemplaerDude]

I've been trying to organize my steam library by genre and it's ridiculous how stupid annoying it is to have more than a few categories in your library.

I've been talking shit about Steam UI for years now. It sucks. I'm glad they're doing something about it.

 

[madjoki]

It feels weird to be excited about a store getting a new UI. And yet here I am.

Not store, client. (Although store may get update too)

 

[Zarth]

Steam UI was never made to handle the number of friends/games/categories/events that happen now. Will be nice to see how they refresh things especially the non store elements.

 

[Azax]

About. Freaking. Time.

 

[Falchion]

I feel like this has been imminent for a year or so. I can't believe it's taken this long to update it, hoping for something cleaner than the UI we have now.

 

[mnz]

So I guess they're sticking with badges. I hate them.

One thing I wish I could do is to just hide all that crap. Achievements, too.

 

[Duffman]

about damn time

i wonder if it has proper 4k scaling

 

[moeppel]

have been using "metro for steam" for years now... I don't actually remember how it normally looks...

 

[Arkanius]

I keep getting baited in this thread thinking "Finally, the Release mockups"

 

[edgefusion]

Good! The Steam UI is an absolute dumpster fire. Criminal they still don't support hi-dpi displays.

 

[SprachBrooks]

will it support high DPI displays?

Is it still pixelated on retina Macs?

 

[edgefusion]

Is it still pixelated on retina Macs?

Yes it is, horrifically so.

 

[Nev]

God it's about fucking time.

 

[Drain You]

I've been trying to organize my steam library by genre and it's ridiculous how stupid annoying it is to have more than a few categories in your library.

I've been talking shit about Steam UI for years now. It sucks. I'm glad they're doing something about it.

There's a program called Depressurizer that will automatically sort your Steam games by genre if you'd like. You can also sort by other options. Saw it in another thread last night and it is awesome. Even if it's not perfect it is a hell of a lot better than nothing.

 

[TessRoye]

asdf

 

[Enthus]

Let me rename and reorder my games, client side. I'm tired of series being out of order or some games having random caps and symbols while their sequels or prequels do not. I know you can alter some text files to rename them, but it isn't permanent and still doesn't fix the ordering issue.

 

[Zojirushi]

Will it get rid of horrible color banding in Big Picture?

Spoiler

No

 

[Randdalf]

Can't wait for the complaints thread about how it isn't as good as the old one.

 

[belmonkey]

Doubt it'll happen, but I wish they'd add a few extra specific gaming features in the update. Specifically a Rivatuner-like framerate capper right in the in-game Steam menu so that you can easily work with it to adjust a game to the level of performance (FPS) you want without leaving the game window.

 

[TemplaerDude]

There's a program called Depressurizer that will automatically sort your Steam games by genre if you'd like. You can also sort by other options. Saw it in another thread last night and it is awesome. Even if it's not perfect it is a hell of a lot better than nothing.

I appreciate the recommendation! I actually ran into Depressurizer a couple months ago and gave it one shot but was dissatisfied with the results and didn't bother to try it again, I really should have because now I'm so blasted deep into this there's no point in turning back.

 

[SeeNoWeevil]

it's ugly and overly masculine, a product of the bygone era of PC gaming pandering almost exclusively to Exxxtreme Gamerz.

Steam, yesterday. But yeah, it's a very dated look.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

Embrace responsive design and support high DPI and ultra wide resolutions please!

Valve please...

 

[Drain You]

Valve please...

This is hilarious

 

[tokkun]

I wish they would remove news articles from the game launch page. I have gotten spoilers about games I am currently playing multiple times because of it.

 

[NeoFaff]

As long as they leave small mode intact, I don't care what else they do.

 

[BRocknRolla]

I'm pretty nervous about this. I want things to remain minimal. Usability could definitely use an overall improvement, but I don't want to end up with a bunch of bloat (Like you see in some of those mockups that were posted).

I wish they would remove news articles from the game launch page. I have gotten spoilers about games I am currently playing multiple times because of it.

Definitely.

 

[One Eyed Willy]

is crazy to think that Steam really feels almost the same as it was when it launched years and years ago. I know its not, but its not much different. Its loooooooong overdue for a UI change.

 

[Professor Lich]

Having an event calendar seems pretty cool. Good way to check out games you haven't played in a while or check out for the first time. Hopefully it's easy to use for both devs and the end user.

 

[kraspkibble]

about time!

i know there are skins but most i've tried aren't done well at all and really it's just papering over the cracks. the entire steam client needs rebuilt from the ground up.

 

[Zeneric]

Bout time. Love Steam but I have to use a third party skin (Metro FTW). The default one is terrible.

 

[kodecraft]

UI isn't all looks, it's to do with usability as well.

That's where us UX folks step in. I'm looking forward to this new refresh.

 

[Whales]

Hopefully that UI refresh will make steam less laggy as fuck

 

[Gren]

Just use .pngs instead of lossy .jpegs for the banner pics (no way am I replacing them all myself) & I'd be happy. Hate list view.

 

[Shikoba]

Good. I can't stand the current one. It's awful.

 

[Sarobi]

I've felt for awhile that Steam needed to revamp their achievements. It's weird that PlayStation and Xbox's achievements feel.. more.. important in a way? Simply by how they're designed, and how you're notified when you get them. Steam achievements deserve to have that same feel to them.

 

[Mister_Bubbles]

I've felt for awhile that Steam needed to revamp their achievements. It's weird that PlayStation and Xbox's achievements feel.. more.. important in a way? Simply by how they're designed, and how you're notified when you get them. Steam achievements deserve to have that same feel to them.

The stuff they're doing with VR achievements giving you interactive items and mementos for your SteamVR Home is really cool. Not at all relevent to 2D gaming, but they're doing some great stuff with evolving achievement rewards in VR.

 

[Tabasco]

What I would like added is in the Steam overlay, have a section showing which of your friends are playing the same game.

Quite an odd inconvenience to alt tab or look at my friends list just to see.

 

[FLD]

I've felt for awhile that Steam needed to revamp their achievements. It's weird that PlayStation and Xbox's achievements feel.. more.. important in a way? Simply by how they're designed, and how you're notified when you get them. Steam achievements deserve to have that same feel to them.

The "feel" is whatever to me because they're ultimately unimportant regardless of platform, but at the very least there needs to be a way to get a comprehensive view of your achievements through Steam itself. Right now, I can have a profile showcase that displays how many games I've completed, but that's it. There's no way to click on it to view a list of which games they actually are. I shouldn't have to use a third-party site like AStats to get that info.

 

[Leatherface]

All I want is for it not to feel like a clunky mess when using steam. Everything else is gravy.

 

[Kayant]

I don't even know how default steam look like looool being running Metro theme for so long now but good to see.

 

[Creamium]

I use a skin and I'm overall ok with the UI right now... I like pc mode more than big picture though.

I've felt for awhile that Steam needed to revamp their achievements. It's weird that PlayStation and Xbox's achievements feel.. more.. important in a way? Simply by how they're designed, and how you're notified when you get them. Steam achievements deserve to have that same feel to them.

What attributes to this: 1) no overarching level/gamerscore system and a list per title. 2) a pretty tame popup that doesn't have any sound. This more minimalist approach to achievements is probably done deliberately to not make them into as big of a deal as they are on Xbox/PS.

 

[kamspy]

I just want to use the current desktop client but have the game automatically launch with the BPM overlay.

I PC game console style form the couch, and the desktop client is perfectly usable, but I like the BPM notifications in game.