The new one opens faster and has a better UI, but it feels so bad to use, every resize and interaction causes elements to shift around weirdly, the scrolling feels horrible somehow, there’s a random sidebar (pictured) that is empty and that i can’t hide. Also, although, to it’s credit, the app opens fast and responds instantly to clicks, every async load (store page, game banner) is incredibly sluggish.
And on Linux it’s only available as an app-image, doesn’t support Server Side Decorations and somehow reverts my cursor the default X one, which I have never seen an app-image do.
Basically it kinda sucks, although the UX team did a good job, the UI looks nice enough and is easy to navigate, if only because there’s like no features.
Edit: apparently the sidebar is meant to be a social panel, but it broke as soon as I resized the window, lmao.
Why do these need 5-10 seconds to start at all?
I know steam does it so they can jamb a big pop up ad in your face, but this seems asinine.
You can disable that popup and have it start in your Library in the settings window to avoid that btw.
Which setting is it?
I don’t see one that is an obvious match but I’m probably looking for the wrong words.
It is settings then interface and there is a toggle for “Notify me about blah blah” - turn that off
Maybe this one?
“Notify me about additions or changes to my games, new releases, and upcoming releases”
I have something running so I can’t restart to test it out and I appreciate you sharing the knowledge!
Yes that is the one.
I mostly use big picture mode now, so it’s not a huge deal. I just think it’s tacky.
Didn’t know you could turn it off on settings.