Steam UI update releases Monday

Please let this be the one for mac, I love my PS3 and have a 360 but I'd much rather play L4D1 & 2 on my mac.

+1 for Mac version release too!
They said it launches in April, and they're starting to get dangerously low on days to make that happen.

@Kevlar: It's launching in *Valve April*. That's probably sometime in Q4 2010 or Q1 2011. See http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time for more detailed estimators.

They still haven't even started the private beta yet as far as I know, so Valve time wins again.

As for the UI, I really hope they don't change much from the new Windows one. I'm all for the OS X unity in app design, but if they turn Steam into another iTunes, iPhoto, Numbers, etc design, I'll be disappointed.

Mac version is estimated to release in May.

It should be pretty soon. Possibly monday when the new client exits beta? The press release/announcement said April, and they're rapidly running out of days in April, so if they stick to their word, within the next week or two.

It certainly wouldn't surprise me for them to drop the mac client at the same time.

A new Steam UI for OSX, so now you can better navigate all the games you can't play on OSX.

I'm insane, too, I guess, cause I think that looks nice.

And of course now I have to share this.

http://vodpod.com/watch/892584-college-humors-font-conference

no

wooOah.

@Brockobama910, if you can operate a video game, I'm fairly certain anyone/anything can, even an anencephalic baby.

So...never?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm playing Episode 3 right....oh

It may still be available in some form in April. They updated their beta page (I don't remember when, only just visited it again a few days ago) saying that they are through accepting applications, and testing will begin in the coming weeks. Mac beta could still hit next week if we're lucky . . . doubtful though.

Don't associate GFWL with Steam. One is far better than the other.

The only reason not to go the steam route for PC is if you only pirate games. They always have sales on new games at half off or basically free and they sell GFWL enabled games as well on occasion. The expanded community that Steam enables is also great.

Care to elaborate? I'm not in the beta but would like your thoughts as to why it's rushed....

And as a Mac user, I wish it would come out. I just want to play L4D & L4D2 on my mac anyway....

They still haven't (and probably won't) address a lot of the complaints from users. There's a lot of wasted space in the interface, the ingame overlay is SERIOUSLY cluttered, grid view is (at least for me) basically unusable as the images don't load quickly enough (not that I would use it, but one thing I've been consistently taught in computer classes is not to include broken features), the automatically playing videos in store need to die, that's all I can really think of off-hand at least.

Plus there's a few things that just bother me personally, the placement of the install/play button in details view seems weird - and the grey background behind it just looks bad, the boxes for friends who play this game and achievements in the game panel seem unnecessarily big - Steam is not, for most people I'd imagine - a fullscreen app, support for third party games is still extremely poor (not that it's gotten worse or that has anything to do with the viability of the release, but it's still bothersome).

There's a lot of good things about the new interface, I just don't think it's ready to be out of beta quite yet.

I've been in the beta for over a month now, and I can honestly say I haven't had a problem with a single thing you've mentioned there. I absolutely LOVE the new steam and I can't wait for this to go live. My experience with the beta has been flawless, and I'm assuming many other people's experiences have been the same.

Thanks Keen, I wish I had a taste of this....

...and now I look crazy.

Darn you Joystiq and your efficient deletion of advertised spam posts.

I also prefer the green/gray. It screams "militaristic totalitarian" and brings back fond memories of the Combine and HL2.