Valve To Overhaul for Steam GUI

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/22/2019 08:49 AM | source: | 59 comment(s)

We've all been accustomed to Valve's Steam layout (GUI) for many years now and little has changed. Well, that is about to change as over at GDC Valve has announced with is going to overhaul the GUI.

Not just the GUI (graphics user interface) though, also you are going to notice something called Steam Events. The game library is set to prioritize games that you play often, giving a featured slot to the game you most recently played. With new competition in the likes from EPIC store, and names like Uplay, Origin, GoG, Humble steam is losing market share and needs to step thing up.

Valve mentions that players can run their games quickly and efficiently. The library home page will also retrieve news and thus that events carousel dedicated to updates and events. Events will be of interest towards esports aficionados as there is an option for developers to enable live streams of events (like esports tournaments). Have a peek below and click the thumbnails to check and preview the new layout.

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D3M1G0D
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#5653186 Posted on: 03/22/2019 05:12 PM

Let me guess, it's going to be yet another desktop application that looks like a mobile app. What happened to desktop computing? What the heck is going on?

I welcome it. I occasionally use Steam on my Surface and never liked how it wasn't touch-friendly (even basic things like finger scrolling wouldn't work). They've since incorporated more touch functionality, but the library was clearly designed with pointers in mind.

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#5653196 Posted on: 03/22/2019 05:53 PM

I would also appreciate a "lite" mode. Something like existing "small mode" but without all of the web interface loaded. Just client signed in with a list of games and basic game update interface. And a button to reload Steam into a full interface

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#5653207 Posted on: 03/22/2019 06:42 PM

Didn't big picture mode sort this?

tsunami231
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#5653211 Posted on: 03/22/2019 06:50 PM

if it anit broke dont mess with it

Denial
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#5653212 Posted on: 03/22/2019 06:57 PM

Yep - as someone with a MS Surface I welcome all the touch-centric interfaces. When done right they can function and look well on both Touch & K/M.

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#5653219 Posted on: 03/22/2019 07:15 PM

I

Features i will not ever use. More useless memory usage. They should be start using modules to save some.
Don't worry, you'll have probably a couple years to prepare. lol

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#5653246 Posted on: 03/22/2019 08:58 PM

if it anit broke dont mess with it

Those who use "Inventory" a lot could definitely benefit from a faster application.

MonstroMart
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#5653253 Posted on: 03/22/2019 09:13 PM

Those who use "Inventory" a lot could definitely benefit from a faster application.

Yup i agree when it comes to performance the Inventory is really not great. The rest of the application is fine though imo and i rarely use the Inventory but yeah it's slow as hell.

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#5653260 Posted on: 03/22/2019 09:33 PM

Yup i agree when it comes to performance the Inventory is really not great. The rest of the application is fine though imo and i rarely use the Inventory but yeah it's slow as hell.

don't get me wrong I Think there can backhand improvements to better the perforce of the GUI but changing it is nothing something needed., Every time I seen GUI change it never been for better it usual makes thing more coimplacted and I mean this in general for GUI changes

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#5653299 Posted on: 03/23/2019 12:43 AM

TBF, it really needs it. It manages to be ugly and slow at the same time.

Big Picture is a bit better, but that is still slow and buggy, so only a 33% win.

It's the same scenario with NVCP, it's old, slow and ugly to look at, but alot of people are abit rain man and can't handle change so push back against improvement.

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#5653300 Posted on: 03/23/2019 12:43 AM

I only use Small Mode anyway so it’s just a small list in the corner of my desktop and have my friends list next to it. I have almost 500 games so I just have it filtered to Installed so it’s perfect.

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#5653306 Posted on: 03/23/2019 01:13 AM

They can nope right off.

Ricepudding
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#5653309 Posted on: 03/23/2019 01:39 AM

So, all that @Ricepudding wants is already there XD

Keep the GUI the same then boys! we are good, nah i joke. still needs some work. but will have to have a go at the feature, and see what i can do... i dont wanna block say "anime" cause i;m sure i might play something like dragon ball z fighter, which would come under it.

Do you know if you block out content if you manual try to find it would you see it?

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#5653315 Posted on: 03/23/2019 02:40 AM

Thanks Hilbert for posting this article. I have to say, I really do like Steam. Gaming is in there, benchmarking software is in there, videos are in there, and of course the virtually unfettered reviews and forums are in there. When I login to Steam, it's like a trip to Walmart; I can purchase weed killer on one side of the store, and purchase groceries on the other side - all under one climate controlled roof.

So my view of this planned GUI update is that it will be a very welcomed change (will everyone like it - no of course not). At the end of the day, Steam has to be competitive. If other online gaming stores are cutting into their market share, they certainly need to embrace innovative change. Personally, I want Steam to continue too be successful.

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#5653332 Posted on: 03/23/2019 05:25 AM

Anything other than what we have is fine by me. The current one is very outdated.

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