Major Steam Update coming

Post by **deject** » January 5th, 2007, 20:06

Press Release here

Changelist:
-Guest Passes
-Background Client Updates
-New User Interface
-Favorites

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 3:19

http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/in ... oming_soon

Lee · Post by **Lee** » January 6th, 2007, 12:54

That skin looks far better than the old one, I dont like blobby skins, although it looks like they've just copied this guys skin: http://www.cstrike-planet.com/steamskins?img=809

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » January 6th, 2007, 17:57

http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/im ... sidian.png

That looks far, far too like Songbird
http://www.songbirdnest.com/

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » January 6th, 2007, 18:14

MrGreen wrote:That looks far, far too like Songbird
http://www.songbirdnest.com/

Why is that bird farting all over the place in their (lovely) artwork?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 18:26

songbird looks interesting, gonna have a play with it

cashy · Post by **cashy** » January 6th, 2007, 18:32

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:songbird looks interesting, gonna have a play with it

If only for the artwork

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » January 6th, 2007, 18:36

Stoat wrote:Why is that bird farting all over the place in their (lovely) artwork?

I guess that's how the birds hit the really deep notes.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 6th, 2007, 18:42

MrGreen wrote:That looks far, far too like Songbird
http://www.songbirdnest.com/

Which looks like a negative image of iTunes.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 18:44

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

Possibly the least intuitive interface EVER.

Looks nice, seems to handle well enough, but the UI needs someone to design it, not vomit buttons and icons at a window.

Edit: to clarify as a media player, the basics are all easy to find and stuff, but i made a playlist, then it took 2 mins to actually /find/ the playlist i'd made.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 6th, 2007, 18:47

Songbird's quite a good looking piece of kit. Not sure I'd use the multimedia part often enough for it to replace Firefox for me, but I'd be interested in what people think of it.

Sandwich · Post by **Sandwich** » January 7th, 2007, 2:18

actually, according to the constructs and principles of HCI (human computer interface/interaction) it's actually a very good example of usability, although what the arrows on the top right do is unclear and the whole thing seems a little cluttered, but given the amount of screen space they wanted to use i think its a very good design.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » January 7th, 2007, 4:11

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: to clarify as a media player, the basics are all easy to find and stuff, but i made a playlist, then it took 2 mins to actually /find/ the playlist i'd made.

Kind of reminds me of the first time i used winamp