New Steam UI Open Beta Just Started!

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#1  Edited By JJGIANT

Check it out here!
 http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/

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#2  Edited By sithy

DONT NOT GET if you play MW2 alot. It just deleted 7 gigs out of the 11 gig install on my machine and its doing it to lots of people.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157669
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#3  Edited By sodiumCyclops

What's the potential for break downs? i dont want to fuck up all my steam games or anything.

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#4  Edited By pause422

I don't see any disadvantages at all with trying it. It seems a lot cleaner, and even kinda faster. I do like the original way of getting my friend list up since I can just click it really fast, and here you have to click it then get a drop down menu to bring it up, but its hardly a huge deal. Going through the new game screen will take some time to get used to as well, but it seems alright to me.
 
I will say as simple as it looks(the original not beta UI) I always kinda liked it, especially for sorting games from installed/uninstalled/favorite. This UI in general looks a bit fancier and is definitely nicer in some ways, but I did like the simplicity of design and how fast you could sort stuff like that in the regular version as well.

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#5  Edited By Geno

I'm very interested in the new features they will be implementing, but the Beta is not for me. Thanks for informing me anyway though. 

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#6  Edited By TheMustacheHero

I can't even open Steam now...it's giving me a run-time error....FML.

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#7  Edited By ZenaxPure

I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way.

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#8  Edited By Eiskalt

I am loving this update, so much more information with one click. It also looks great :D

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#9  Edited By TheMustacheHero
@Zenaxzd said:
" I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way. "
You can't sort out the installed from the uninstalled in the list page. Therefore it sucks!
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#10  Edited By crusader8463

 I'm not sure which of these is sadder. How long it took them to finally work on the steam app, or how this is the most exciting thing to happen in my life for years. On second though, its kind of obvious which one is sadder. Sigh...

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#11  Edited By crusader8463
@TheMustacheHero said:
" @Zenaxzd said:
" I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way. "
You can't sort out the installed from the uninstalled in the list page. Therefore it sucks! "
Yes you can. You go to the sort by list and choose installed. Therefore you suck!
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#12  Edited By frankxiv

my friends keep randomly disappearing and going offline, and  the borders are way too thick, blank spaces.
 
@TheMustacheHero said:

" @Zenaxzd said:
" I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way. "
You can't sort out the installed from the uninstalled in the list page. Therefore it sucks! "
you can actually. click where it says SHOW All Games and there's a dropdown that has favorites, installed, and recently played.
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#13  Edited By ThePhantomnaut

Looks cool.

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#14  Edited By Fish_Face_McGee

Wow.  It actually looks like a program made in the last 5 years. I am so getting it.

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#15  Edited By Geno

Woot, they replaced the IE browser with WebKit, now browsing the Steam store on the client should be significantly less retarded. 

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#16  Edited By TheMustacheHero
@crusader8463 said:
" @TheMustacheHero said:
" @Zenaxzd said:
" I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way. "
You can't sort out the installed from the uninstalled in the list page. Therefore it sucks! "
Yes you can. You go to the sort by list and choose installed. Therefore you suck!
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@onimonkii said:
" my friends keep randomly disappearing and going offline, and  the borders are way too thick, blank spaces.
 
@TheMustacheHero said:
" @Zenaxzd said:
" I am liking the update so far simply because the Your Games page is significantly better now in every imaginable way. "
You can't sort out the installed from the uninstalled in the list page. Therefore it sucks! "
you can actually. click where it says SHOW All Games and there's a dropdown that has favorites, installed, and recently played. "
ONLY ON THE DETAILS PAGE! I SAID THE LIST PAGE THE LIST PAGE!
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#17  Edited By frankxiv

no it works the same way on list and grid as it does with details

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#18  Edited By Carlos

Works pretty good and looks ok.

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#19  Edited By Emilio

They also added achievements to Half LIfe 2 and Episode 1.

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#20  Edited By TheMustacheHero
@onimonkii said:
" no it works the same way on list and grid as it does with details "
Didn't work for me. Only showed up on the details list. So...
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#21  Edited By jarryd

gah yeah dont update if you play modern warfare 2 cause it makes you redownload the whole game for whatever reason

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#22  Edited By MrKlorox

Details mode needs more sorting options similar to the list mode. Also needs to show non-steam games in a different shade/hue.
 
Also kinda annoying that it reset my favorites.

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#23  Edited By MrKlorox
@jarryd said:
" gah yeah dont update if you play modern warfare 2 cause it makes you redownload the whole game for whatever reason "
Or you could just close Steam then rename the MW2 folder to something else. Then update Steam and once it starts re-downloading MW2, shut down Steam then name the old MW2 folder back to what it was, replacing the one that Steam started downloading again. Now launch steam and re-check the integrity. Then it wouldn't have to download much, if anything else.
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#24  Edited By iam3green

i'm downloading it right now. it looks cool.

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#25  Edited By Ubertron987

Its way better than the old one but I figured out that it deletes mw2 after I got it...

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#26  Edited By masterherocard

Just started it up. 
 
It's... shiny.
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#27  Edited By artofwar420

It looks greaat. Love the grid view. But yes there are some weird bugs watch out people. 
 
Whatever games it seems to want to download again I can just start up and start playing... weird. 
 
LIVE DEMO FOLKS.

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#28  Edited By AgentofChaos

Can someone put a screenshot up please?!

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#29  Edited By JJOR64

I got it a few hours ago.  I really like the new look.

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Shift+Tab has a clock that's not covered up by a battery.

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#31  Edited By Fudgeblood
@AgentofChaos said:

" Can someone put a screenshot up please?! "


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Sorry that they're abit low quality, but the pictures were too big so I had to shrink them down.
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#32  Edited By SeriouslyNow
@artofwar420 said:
" It looks greaat. Love the grid view. But yes there are some weird bugs watch out people.   Whatever games it seems to want to download again I can just start up and start playing... weird.   LIVE DEMO FOLKS. "
That's not actually downloading the game proper, just the menu artwork and other new Steamclient integration features for each title as necessary (probably deemed by when they get updated).
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#33  Edited By Darkstar614

Unknown to most, it even comes with a Flux Capacitor for time traveling to the future!
 

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#34  Edited By Hamst3r
@AgentofChaos said:
" Can someone put a screenshot up please?! "

Moar:

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#35  Edited By Forcen
@Emilio said:
" They also added achievements to Half LIfe 2 and Episode 1. "
Awsome! I needed an excuse for replaying those games.
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#36  Edited By penguindust
@Fudgeblood:  
@Hamst3r:

Thanks for the screen shots.  I may try this later today.