First, as the creator behind the new Metro skin, I can say that their CSS is flawed to say the least, while the UX sense is extremely off. Not only do they almost copy Windows 8 in that they have two instances of settings that do the same thing, but the interface is also full of remnants of the past, with some pages and windows prioritizing blue and others gray, and so forth - most likely caused by the components released at different times, with years in between. Their understanding of alignment is also absent, as the web pages and the client (which too is essentially a web page now) are full of elements that aren’t centered in their boxes, or boxes that aren’t aligned on their axes.
Secondly, the talk at the OP link is just fluff because Steam is as bad as it can be at helping you discover good games. The ‘curated’ front page promotions will typically feature a game that is already well-known, but when browsing through the categories, most of the games are asset flips and porn games (usually both at once). The “for you” recommendations are pretty useless for someone like me, as Steam incentivizes farming trading cards to then sell them on the market and get funds to buy more games, which means that many of the games Steam treats as played have never been actually played by me, as I idle them for the cards.
Agreed.
First, as the creator behind the new Metro skin, I can say that their CSS is flawed to say the least, while the UX sense is extremely off. Not only do they almost copy Windows 8 in that they have two instances of settings that do the same thing, but the interface is also full of remnants of the past, with some pages and windows prioritizing blue and others gray, and so forth - most likely caused by the components released at different times, with years in between. Their understanding of alignment is also absent, as the web pages and the client (which too is essentially a web page now) are full of elements that aren’t centered in their boxes, or boxes that aren’t aligned on their axes.
Secondly, the talk at the OP link is just fluff because Steam is as bad as it can be at helping you discover good games. The ‘curated’ front page promotions will typically feature a game that is already well-known, but when browsing through the categories, most of the games are asset flips and porn games (usually both at once). The “for you” recommendations are pretty useless for someone like me, as Steam incentivizes farming trading cards to then sell them on the market and get funds to buy more games, which means that many of the games Steam treats as played have never been actually played by me, as I idle them for the cards.