Steam Client Update Released

[OCybrManO]

This is what the full view would look like after the minor changes I mentioned:



It's just a few minor changes to the appearance, but it gets rid of a decent chunk of wasted space. There's probably still some wasted space... but it's just an example. Then, apart from the immediately obvious changes, I would want these additions:

• You could drag any tab out of the main window to open the tab in a window of its own (what clicking the buttons on the bottom currently does) with the default function (clicking on a tab) being to view it in the main window. I've gotten used to tabbed browsing in Opera and Firefox...
  
• The "My games" tab would consist of two sections. One panel would be an uneditable list of all the games. The second panel, like AIM/Trillian, would allow you to create/edit folders, add/remove games from the customized list (drag them from the other panel wherever you want them to go), rename mods (purely cosmetic), and set icons for mods that don't have one. Then, when you shrink it to the "mini games list" mode it would show the customized games list and folder hierarchy instead of every product available.
  
• Every aspect of Steam would be fully skinnable with 32-bit PNG and/or TGA support. That may or may not have been added in the latest update. I haven't checked it, yet.
  
• There would be a button somewhere to check for updates, download them, and install them without having to quit and restart the entire client (unless it's a upgrade that fundamentally changes Steam itself)... and an option for Steam to check automatically every hour or so.
  
• You would have the option of installing any game/mod in any folder on any hard drive. For example, if you have two hard drives and neither has enough space to hold your entire Steam folder but, combined, they can... it would install the new GCF files in the new path while keeping the others in their curent place.
  
• If they implemented BitTorrent into the Steam client they could run a tracker just for mods, distribute a tool that connects using your current Steam username and password (but separate from the actual Steam network so that you can run it on a remote server, if you have one, while still being able to log into your Steam client from home) that would allow you to seed files, and have them show up in a special section of the Steam client so that anyone with Steam can download it with a click or two. Then, when you make an update to the mod the users that have "subscribed" to your mod's feed are notified. If they accept the update the BT system automatically checks all the files to see what needs to be downloaded/replaced (as all BT clients do) and downloads only the exact list of files that have changed since their last update.

That's what I want. Get on it, Valve. :E

 

[Captain M4d]

So was Friends fixed?

 

[NikolaX]

So was Friends fixed?

Nope.

And it will be nice if we can put our old look back, did i want the new look ? no!
put a option for skin please.

 

[Chris D]

Nope.

And it will be nice if we can put our old look back, did i want the new look ? no!
put a option for skin please.

That's not going to happen.

 

[dogboy73]

I just launched Steam again & the platform updated again .......... and yet again the favourites that I replaced yesterday after updating have gone again!! Seems daft that given how 'forward thinking' Steam is supposed to be & how things have all been updated (even though a lot of us don't care much for the update) that I STILL have to right my favourites down on a piece of paper or in a text file so I can replace them when this happens!! (Every time Steam updates it seems) ............. Oh and friends STILL doesn't work!