New Steam Beta UI

[Bastinka]

Seems there's an open beta of a new Steam UI.

I'll post some screenies..










How to get the Beta UI: Open up the main Steam window. Click View and navigate to Settings. Under the accounts tab there will be a Beta Participation section with a drop-down box saying there is one new available beta participation. The rest is for you to find out.

So far what I've noticed is that the UI is quite a bit faster, or so it seems. There are new sounds for notifications, which seem very similar to a certain sound effect from StarCraft. It looks a lot nicer then the old Steam, though there were Skins available for it. Invitations from other players to be friends now also shows up in your friends list. Navigating the UI seems a lot smoother now, yet I haven't fully tampered with all of it yet.

[flibitijibibo]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20634

Nice screencaps though. (Yeah, they need to change that thread title)

Also, note the lack of a mini games list. >:C

[StankBacon]

meh i never used that, the only thing that bothers me is the ingame overlay isn't widescreen.

[rossmum]

It takes some getting used to, but it kind of owns

[DEElekgolo]

Reminds me of mac.
This is a bad thing.
Why not allow user created UIs?

[Heathen]

Awesome. I love that it has the time. I was so at awe that that wasn't already included.

Bout time they make it better.

Also, plug-in support better be announced.

[Heathen]

but I need a green and black skin back. Blue and black is breaking my balls.

[Amit]

This is sick. It's a lot snappier and I love the interface. I have yet to see what the in-game overlay looks like, though.

[Heathen]

fucking beautiful, thats what.

[Bastinka]

Reminds me of mac.
This is a bad thing.
Why not allow user created UIs?

Do you mean skins or complete make-overs such as the new UI?

I have yet to see what the in-game overlay looks like, though.

I posted a picture of the in-game overlay, though without anything open other then it itself.