Steam UI Update

Evilsod · 27 Apr 2010 at 09:46

It does have some nice features randomly telling you what friends bought or want and the detailed section is great for telling you who has games

Though i agree with Tefal in that i rarely need to open it. Unfortunately the right click menu doesn't show all the games i've played recently so theres always some occasion to.

CaptainRAVE · 27 Apr 2010 at 09:48

NeilFawcett said:
I don't really give two hoots about the new UI. I run Steam, see my list of games.... And *shock horror* click on one to run it...

I don't really care what the colours are, or how many things are whiz banging around the application...

Personally I don't:-
a) See why people are getting annoyed at the new interface.
b) See why people are getting excited at the new interface.

A lot of people get off on the Steam UI - did you not know that?

Tummy · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:15

DAvE18 said:
Its my opinion memphis so keep your smarmy remarks to yourself you cretin.

Do shut up.

Borrish · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:20

NeilFawcett said:
I don't really give two hoots about the new UI. I run Steam, see my list of games.... And *shock horror* click on one to run it...

I don't really care what the colours are, or how many things are whiz banging around the application...

Personally I don't:-
a) See why people are getting annoyed at the new interface.
b) See why people are getting excited at the new interface.

People get annoyed because you've finally worked out where everything is and then they change it to add some new features you don't use.

To me the new UI just looks cluttered. I only use the store and the games list though so I suppose what they look like doesn't make much difference.

JIM_BOB7813 · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:21

I much preferred the old games list, simple icons and game title.
Gotta get used to the new List icons now, which are nowhere near as distinctive.
Small mode is the best option, but still not as good!

My pre-loaded games seem to have disappeared from my list, any way to show them again?

Disjunto · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:23

JIM_BOB7813 said:
My pre-loaded games seem to have disappeared from my list, any way to show them again?

On top left-ish of the games list, there is a drop down to filter what is shown. Change it from installed to all games (I think), pre loaded stuff should now show.

This is good and annoying at the same time, I have it showing only installed games to reduce clutter, but when I buy a new game I have to show all, find the game, install it and then set my list back to installed only. Installed should show recently purchased or something

sammo62 · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:24

The drop down menus when trying to search for games to buy dont work for me, and Im not sure about the new games list - if you own more than 50 games the current list gets a bit crowded compared to the old one.

Like the design, Im sure Ill get used to it - I dont sit looking at steam long enough to care either way tbh.

'Wes · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:25

Everyone will get used to it.

markomania · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:40

Only annoying thing I've found is when choosing friends from the notification area

Why did they have to move it, already hit exit twice >.<

CaptainRAVE · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:41

'Wes said:
Everyone will get used to it.

I personally like it. People just don't like change. Plus gamers like to complain about everything :rolleyes:

Things change I've changed · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:45

Been using betaUI since the beginning, hated it @ first, like most people I'm not a fan of change, but knowing this was eventually going to be pushed upon us I decided to keep the betaUI selected and now I'm glad I did because I don't even think about it any more as I've grown accustom to it as I'm sure many nay sayers on here will do.

titaniumx3 · 27 Apr 2010 at 18:07

Does this new UI use more resources (ram, cpu, etc) and most importantly does it affect game performance?

Disjunto · 27 Apr 2010 at 18:13

affect game performance?? maybe if you're running on 256mb ram it might

It probably uses more resources because it feels a lot snappier (although could just be better code design)

Evilsod · 27 Apr 2010 at 18:43

I was under the impression they reduced the requirements for this version.

Curunen · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:14

I quite like the new look (yes a bit late to the party). Very sleek.

mushroomsoup · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:40

i'm also late to the party, looks great, but now i have to learn my way around it...

Evilsod · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:45

I quite like the achivement comments when you look at your games in detail.

Mostly because of Left 4 Dead 2, So close.... "Sob Story"

Disjunto · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:46

I no longer get a "So Close" not sure why...

Gunni Parker · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:51

I preffered the old one!

Evilsod · 27 Apr 2010 at 19:52

Oh, strange. Seems i don't get it in detailed view anymore either. I know it shows it in the steam overlay when i'm in L4D2 though.

Speaking of achievements... i wish Valve would put them on Half Life 2 + Episode One, i'm sure they said they were looking into it years ago but never did. Would give me a reason to give em a playthrough again.