Steam Updates
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Eureka! Steam client tabbed chat! UPDATE!
UPDATE!
They guys at Steam listened to us users and added with today’s Steam Client update friends chat with automatic tabbed chat. While they were at it, they added tabbed browsing to the in-game overlay browser as well! The same hotkeys you use in Firefox/Internet Explorer to navigate tabs works in Steam too.
Steam client update released
Client Update – Valve
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates…". The specific changes include:
New Features
- Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in new tabs by default)
- Updated in-game overlay browser to use new tabbed browsing interface (Use Middle click on links to open-in-new-tab)
- Tabbed Browser/Chat HotKeys: Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to switch tabs. Ctrl-W, Ctrl-F4 or Middle click to close tabs.
July 24, 2010 | Author stranded |
Enable the latest Steam Beta to access this highly desired feature – tabbed chat! Although it’s lacking few things like automatically open the incoming chat message as new tab or middle clicking to close the chat tab, I’m sure they will work on it asap.
Here’s the changelog:
7/23/2010
- Tabbed user chat / web browser
- Fixed unused game tags still showing up
- New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
- Improved client shutdown times
Eureka! Steam client tabbed chat!
Enable the latest Steam Beta to access this highly desired feature – tabbed chat! Although it’s lacking few things like automatically open the incoming chat message as new tab or middle clicking to close the chat tab, I’m sure they will work on it asap.
Here’s the changelog:
7/23/2010
- Tabbed user chat / web browser
- Fixed unused game tags still showing up
- New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
- Improved client shutdown times
Steam Client UI Update to Release on Monday
After two months in beta and over twenty updates, the Steam Client UI Update is slated to release to all Steam users this coming Monday, April 26th.
The beta has been a huge success. The number of people who participated exceeded Valve’s expectations, and so far people created 25 thousand posts to the beta user forums. As a result of their participation, the Steam team has had the feedback required to make the new Steam client more reliable and useful than ever.
For those of you who’ve yet to join the beta, it’s not too late! By participating now, you’ll be updating your system to include Valve’s most recent developments. You’ll also minimize the amount of content required to download later, once the released version becomes available. And last but not least, you’ll be experiencing the future of Steam now, including dozens of new features, bug fixes and general improvements.
Regardless of whether you’ve chosen to opt into the beta, keep your eye out for the Steam client update on Monday, April 26th, when a brand new Steam is headed your way.
Source: Steam Updates
So here’s a quick poll:
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Check this out:
- Threaded network communication encryption/decryption work
- Improved caching of images/icons fetched over HTTP and used inside client UI (avatars, achievement images, etc)
- Windows 7 jump list improvements
- Improved Steam Cloud transfer protocol performance/reliability when syncing large files
- Consistency improvements for stats and achievements
Steam Forums post – report bugs here.
Steam: Braid new low price…or is it?
Valve it’s been almost a year and still you guys are showing those new prices and promos in dollars for everyone, for fuck’s sake you can display all advertisement on Steam regionally all over the world but can’t do it with simple flash animation or gifs? Shame on you!
Steam: Top Games Under 5/10 introduced
I think Valve realized their opponents have those in their stores so they’ve added it: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3158/
At least they’re showing all currencies now:
Browse for the Top Games Under $10/£7/10€ or Top Games Under $5/£4/5€ and find the day’s top-sellers.
Yeah we all know one dollar IS one euro…
Games Under 5€
Games Under 10€
Steam: New User Interface on the way?
Some user on Steam Forums created a thread in which he complained about Steam interface. You can read the whole story here. What’s the best thing is that someone from Valve actually responded with:
FUCKING FINALLY.
I really hope this time the application will be more native to the whole system (Aero support?) and even if not please Valve, oh please, make the new interface/skin less green and flat. The Half-Life era is over!
Steam: Team Fortress 2 Halloween Update!
Get it for:
2,49€
Get extra TF2 hats (limited amount!): http://steamcommunity.com/actions/TFGibusSignup
Shattered Horizon overpriced!
Most of us – Steam Unpowered team – participated in closed beta of Shattered Horizon – a pretty decent space shooter. The agreement between testers and Futuremark forbids us to tell you more about the game or even post screenshots. Anyway, I will tell you that the first thing I did on the official forums was a thread with a request to price this game equally around the world as it comes out only on Steam. And guess what?
They annouced the pre-order of the game. Testers have it for 25% less (14,99€ in Europe excluding UK) and the rest of people 10% less (excluding UK). And it looks like this:
US: $17.99
UK: £13.49 (22% higher)
EU: 17,99€ (49% higher)
We’re not the only one whining about it.
If I remember correctly they replied in my thread that they will try to price it correctly (equally) but I guess they didn’t try hard enough.
PS
The game gets boring after few hours ;) – and no, we weren’t bad in it, we actually scored in top 10.
PS2
Get S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl instead – it’s a really fun and solid shooter for only 5€.
PS3
Better discount from futuremark store and even better if you own 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage or PCMark Vantage, you will receive a cdkey for your Steam account.
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: Midweek Madness Skyrim 33% off http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/message/1028181507618443955/
: fallout 3 goty just received a price drop to 20€; also fo:nv ultimate edition (includes all dlc and preorder bonuses) just released
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: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2521400
: http://login.ign.com/prime/promos/rochard/?display=notAuth
: new indie gala bundle later this week at www.indiegala.com/
: money money money
: can anyone explain what's the friggin' deal with Age of Empires III, a 5 years old game being sold as new @40$/€ on almost every DD platform?
: Facebook is archiving the old Facebook group of ours, here's new one https://www.facebook.com/pages/SteamUnpoweredeu/260963810615450?v=wall
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: Checkout Crytek's GFACE, a new social platform for gaming http://www.gface.com/closed-beta
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: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jnk8n3WrXU
: new humble bundle live
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMWW92UhpZs&feature=player_embedded
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: http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/epic4chan/15893009078/1/tumblr_lxkmq8V94p1r9t8yb
: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?tta
: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/oxzje/official_steam_app_for_android_and_ios/c3l34d2
: there's still hope, first ratification of ACTA in polish parliament and even if it passes european parliament has to vote on it then
: yep, another protest today in Warsaw, and next one during National Stadium opening on Sunday
: So PL actually did sign ACTA? :( Is it right that those guy said sth like "i'll not be extorted by those inhabitants"? o.O
: the next indie royale bundle is live (serious sam indie bundle)
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