Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Steam News - Steam Desktop Update - Steam News STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Steam Client Beta has just been updated with new features and improvements Quote Big changes under the hood... Some of the biggest changes in this update aren’t immediately visible; much of the work went into changing how we share code across the Steam Desktop Client, Big Picture mode, and Steam Deck. These changes also mean a quicker implementation and iteration of new features. One example of this is the new Local Network Transfer update, which shipped simultaneously in the Steam Client and Steam Deck. And small changes everywhere else This update also brings targeted visual and usability improvements across Steam - we've gone through and updated dialogs, menus, fonts, and colors. The main Steam header, Settings, and the game server browser are just a few examples of spots with refreshed UI. In-Game Overlay We’ve overhauled the In-Game Overlay completely. Originally created to be a quick way to chat with friends or check on game-related questions or content, we’ve built a brand-new user interface, adding new utility and allowing for more customizability. Quote The new toolbar gives you access to anything you may need in the middle of a game – friends chat, achievements progress, guides, discussions, a browser, and more. We've picked a couple windows by default, and you can pick and personalize the pieces of content you’d like to see in your overlay - settings are saved between games. This toolbar can be switched between an icon view and a list view in Settings. Quote The Game Overview is your one-stop shop to see what’s going on with the game since you last played it. For example, it shows what achievements you have in progress, which friends are playing the same game, top guides, news, and more. Quote The new Notes app lets you jot down... notes about the game that you’re currently playing. It comes with rich text formatting, the ability to have multiple notes per game, and can even be used in offline mode. These notes are saved per game and are synced across to any other PCs you are logged into, and are also accessible outside the in-game overlay, on the game details page. Quote We've also added the ability to pin windows from the overlay, so that they can appear on top of the game while in-game. Opacity level is adjustable, and only the contents of the window will be pinned - excluding the title bar and other extraneous UI. This new functionality is available for Notes, Guides, Discussions, and the web browser (yes, you can watch movies while you play games if you really want to). Quote Notifications Steam Client notifications are now richer and more useful. The green button only lights up when there's truly something new for you. The tray view is limited to new notifications, and there's a "View all" page with a historical view. Quote Screenshot Manager The screenshot manager has been completely refreshed - it's responsive, you can choose from large or small thumbnails, view recent screenshots rather than by game, and you can manage online screenshots as well as local screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Release Deck 2 with OLED you cowards! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Brian said: Release Deck 2 with OLED you cowards! it’s all I want right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 From a poster on ResetERA: Quote Valve has seemingly managed to completely replace every single part of the Steam client that was running in their old VGUI and Panorama frameworks to Electron, while losing very little functionality in the process. That is a monumental feat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickey Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Brian said: Release Deckard you cowards! Fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: From a poster on ResetERA: Those poor saps have to work in JS now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 But at what cost? They are FORCING you to use Windows 10 and 11 to use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 I don't know about y'all, but I'd like to personally thank Tim Epic for this Steam client update. Without the fierce competition from the Epic Games Store, Valve would have let their client stagnate and just ride on their first-mover marketshare. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The notes and pinning alone are huge to me. Notes are obvious but there are also less obvious uses for them since they save and are synced. For example, if you're playing a longer game and feel yourself losing interest but know you'll be back later, I like to jot down notes on the basics of how to play, what I'm doing, what my goals are, what the items in my inventory do, and why these things are important, so that when I come back I'm not overwhelmed with no direction and a bunch of shit I have to relearn. Being able to pin any of this stuff onto the game while you play has so many potential uses that it's actually kind of overwhelming. I dunno how many will be practically useful, but I love the concept! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: The notes and pinning alone are huge to me. Notes are obvious but there are also less obvious uses for them since they save and are synced. For example, if you're playing a longer game and feel yourself losing interest but know you'll be back later, I like to jot down notes on the basics of how to play, what I'm doing, what my goals are, what the items in my inventory do, and why these things are important, so that when I come back I'm not overwhelmed with no direction and a bunch of shit I have to relearn. Being able to pin any of this stuff onto the game while you play has so many potential uses that it's actually kind of overwhelming. I dunno how many will be practically useful, but I love the concept! There were games I needed to take notes, I'd open the web browser and go to an online notepad. This sounds much more convenient and you don't have to keep shift tabbing to see the notes. #itsjustalauncher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I don't know what any of this is, but it looks neato. Did they make it to where Lost Ark will just update instead of waiting for me to click the button? That seems like it would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I wonder when they’ll roll this out for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 11:37 AM, Paperclyp said: I wonder when they’ll roll this out for everyone. @Paperclyp It's out today! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 It's a really fantastic update! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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