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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My immediate reaction: It still looks like this, doesn’t it?

It doesn’t, but I feel like I saw this like a couple weeks ago. Does it still look like this on the website on mobile or something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

https://steamcommunity.com/ still looks a lot like this on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I believe on either the steam developer pages or reviewer pages they haven't updated it past the 2010 theme to this day. I don't recall which it is but you're not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Take me back to when websites were just functional like this.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Steam is still pretty functional to be fair.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Compared to most sites yeah, but still nothing like it was. I have to scroll 5 full page lengths just to get to the top sellers. Or I hover over New and Noteworthy, wait a second for the drop down to fade in and then click top sellers, we just don't need an animation on it.

It's just lots of carousels now and big oversized buttons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

That was before that. Starting around 08 they began "degreening" it

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-versions/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

This was after the classic green. Steam has basically gone through 3 major redesigns. They usually were part of some bigger product launch.

  • Classic green
  • Dark gray (coincided with Orange box and launch on Mac OS X)
  • “Big Picture” blue (coincided with the launch of SteamOS, Steam Link, Steam Controller, and the failed Steam Machines)
  • Basically KDE plasma (coincided with the launch of the Steam Deck)

This is from memory, so I could be off on some of this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Steam should still have grey as a user interface color option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when it was green.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The best UIs are the ones that never change.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Poker night! Ah man it's been a long time since I thought about that game

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I love steam

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

IMO this was peqk steam design. I remember in 2014 being real sad when they switched to the blue one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The worst was changing the best controller configuration UI when they retired Old Big Picture. The UX was absolutely perfect and paired with a steam controller you could make fairly complex configs easily. Now I am forced to use the old linux client on linux to keep the UI but cannot enjoy the new compatibility stuff like gamescope.