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[–] EherNicht@feddit.org 58 points 1 year ago

This just hits hard

[–] noobface@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can't even get HL3 on an alternate timeline.

[–] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year 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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[–] atocci@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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)

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

New KDE brought the cube back!

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh fuck. We need themes on steam client

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can. They are called skins though.

[–] snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 year 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.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?!

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Comment from the alternate timeline

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[–] Gyroplast@pawb.social 30 points 1 year 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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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year 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.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Xer0@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] no_im_doesnt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Needs to be running on Linux to make it perfect.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Oh man, that formatting nostalgia hit.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] unfnknblvbl@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year 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...

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can someone make this a thing somehow?

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year 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.

[–] julysfire@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year 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?

[–] sigurdtheone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I speak for everyone when I say

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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[–] ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think Trinity Desktop Environment looks very similar to this.

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

chomsky-yes-honey A better timeline?

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

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Does anyone have that skin?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 1 year 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 :)

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Perfect choice of game to display this

[–] StormWalker@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Nightmare fuel

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