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Quick nostalgia for you guys. Steam interface in 2010 (i.ibb.co)
submitted 10 months ago by abobla@lemm.ee to c/steam@lemmy.ml
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[-] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 66 points 10 months ago

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?

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 10 months ago

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

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months 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.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 22 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Hubi@feddit.org 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Steam is still pretty functional to be fair.

[-] warm@kbin.earth 14 points 10 months 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.

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Wasn't steam green?

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 10 months ago

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

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

[-] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 15 points 10 months 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.

[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

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

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

I remember when it was green.

[-] omenmis@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

i miss skinnable steam

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Waow, not a single porn game in sight

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

The best UIs are the ones that never change.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

I love steam

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] blob42@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months 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.

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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