this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2024
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago

This just hits hard

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Can't even get HL3 on an alternate timeline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We might be living in the timeline that gets HL3. A recent leak from a VA's resume suggests that it might be in development.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can we return to Aero? Is that too much to ask?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I've been long enough on this place that I know you can get similar effects on Linux

(not mine, found on image search)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

first screenshot doesn't look like aero at all tbh. second one more so. this is the most accurate port I know of tho https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Skip aero. Let's go back to compiz fusion and deskcubes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

New KDE brought the cube back!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'm rocking a desktop octagon with two monitors with all the fancy window animations on and still using less ram that windows on idle lol.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh fuck. We need themes on steam client

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can. They are called skins though.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Apparently official skin support no longer exists but Millennium for Steam looks like an unofficial tool that can be used for skins.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I used to mess about with it but it became too much because Steam updates so damn much.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Fucking Steam always getting shittier with each update! Why can't they be better like Microsoft's XBox Store or DRM free like Epic Games?!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Comment from the alternate timeline

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What kind of soulless psychopath leaves a window of this size unmaximized is the real question here. Also, a horizontal scrollbar in the main section, able to scroll maybe 8 pixels total to see some more of the glorious empty padding, could have been a nice touch as a consequence of the "unintended" window size.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I try not to let my nostalgia get the better of me, but god damn I really miss when everything looked like this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm older than you, but I preferred Windows XP style, it was better without the confusing ribbon bar.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Loved XP and loved Windows 7. Haven't like a single Windows OS since.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I'm with you - the nostalgia is fun. I installed https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 as a joke, and I'm still using it a year later...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Needs to be running on Linux to make it perfect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Well atleast for Gnome we have AdwSteamGTK which make Steam fit seemingly into LibAdwaita.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Oh man, that formatting nostalgia hit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

can someone make this a thing somehow?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Didn't Steam have skins/themes back in the day?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

They're still out there technically, but they get jankier every year. The new UI they released... last year? put the nail in the coffin for a lot of the fancy ones, but there are still options out there to skin your Steam UI.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

I love how all the reactions to this are either "I love this" and "this is cursed beyond belief"

I personally would get a kick out of this as a skin for occasional use...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Hate it for the current day but gives off strong nostalgia vibes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you do one of these for Windows 3.1 or 95? That would be sweet!

Honestly, I hate steam (the client) so much. I have a fair sized library of games that I never play because it’s just torture to me to start that abomination of a program. Why the fuck couldn’t they give it a simple, clean, elegant, native UI that doesn’t treat my battery with wanton disrespect?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have a look at Playnite, it might be a better fit for you, also includes other stores.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think I speak for everyone when I say

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think Trinity Desktop Environment looks very similar to this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

chomsky-yes-honey A better timeline?

Windows UI design peaked with Windows 98 and Unix UI design peaked with IRIX imo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Back when they had consistent style guidelines to follow (I remember reading them, along with deep descriptions of how PnP actually works - yuck!).

Now they just throw shit at the wall it seems

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Perfect choice of game to display this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that those three buttons would be in the statusbar. "Add a Game" would be in the sidepane "Games", "Manage Downloads" and "Friends and Chat" would be a view (in the sidepane) instead of a button.

but overall, a damn beautiful interface :)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Frutiger Aero from Windows Vista and 7 was the peak of UI design.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

It was so much more welcoming and fun. Sure it sucks at scalability but that's easily resolved with proper vector graphics.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Does anyone have that skin?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I loved this theme! I remember upgrading from XP to Vista Aero (later win7) and being blown away! Aero based themes are still my favorite. Windows 8 and 10 looked cheap and boring.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

...how? HOW?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Nightmare fuel

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