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Show HN: I redesigned Steam for Mac

16 points by moeedm 14y ago

With some time on my hands, and a lot of frustration with the design of Steam for Mac, I decided to take a stab at redesigning it from the ground up. This is what came of it.

moeedm 14y ago
I'd love to hear what you all think :)
- tuananh 14y ago
  very nice indeed. make a Steam theme from it, will ya?
- Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
  Wow, looks great! What tool(s) did you use to create this?
- grinich 14y ago
  Link on your name at the bottom is broken. Nice work otherwise. The text is sometimes a bit fuzzy, but I'm guessing that's from Photoshop's wacky sub-pixel rendering. Just FYI: dribbble might be a better audience...
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elisee 14y ago
Looks nice. I guess right now Valve want a consistent experience on all desktop platforms rather than custom per-platform UIs but maybe they should change their collective mind :). I feel like the "shopping cart" item (which isn't actually a shopping cart) isn't very readable at first glance. The link to your e-mail address at the bottom is broken (mailto: missing)
avolcano 14y ago
Few thoughts: - Loading splash is very nice. - Grid view looks good. Would like to see your take on the "list view," which I generally prefer. - The chat seems to waste a lot of space, especially with the top bar. The current Steam interface is much more information-dense, which as someone with a 1280x800 screen, I very much enjoy :) I'd love to see your take on a redesigned storefront and community sections, too. I don't really have any issue with how Steam looks now (just how it functions - the OSX app was broken for so long in so many ways!), but I like the visual refresh you've made!
james4k 14y ago
This is a nice take on things. I could see a very Metro-esque look evolve very easily from this for Windows, too. Steam's current theme does feel quite busy. I do like the design of the new Big Picture mode, and I think we are probably due for a Steam redesign in the next year or so.
dannowatts 14y ago
i like a lot of this design, only thing that i'm not really a fan of is the twitter-like sidebar when browsing games. but that's all i have to say that isn't overwhelming positive. thanks for sharing, moeed.

16 points by moeedm 14y ago

With some time on my hands, and a lot of frustration with the design of Steam for Mac, I decided to take a stab at redesigning it from the ground up. This is what came of it.

moeedm 14y ago

I'd love to hear what you all think :)

tuananh 14y ago
very nice indeed. make a Steam theme from it, will ya?
Paul_D_Santana 14y ago
Wow, looks great! What tool(s) did you use to create this?
grinich 14y ago
Link on your name at the bottom is broken. Nice work otherwise. The text is sometimes a bit fuzzy, but I'm guessing that's from Photoshop's wacky sub-pixel rendering. Just FYI: dribbble might be a better audience...

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elisee 14y ago

Looks nice. I guess right now Valve want a consistent experience on all desktop platforms rather than custom per-platform UIs but maybe they should change their collective mind :). I feel like the "shopping cart" item (which isn't actually a shopping cart) isn't very readable at first glance. The link to your e-mail address at the bottom is broken (mailto: missing)

avolcano 14y ago

Few thoughts: - Loading splash is very nice. - Grid view looks good. Would like to see your take on the "list view," which I generally prefer. - The chat seems to waste a lot of space, especially with the top bar. The current Steam interface is much more information-dense, which as someone with a 1280x800 screen, I very much enjoy :) I'd love to see your take on a redesigned storefront and community sections, too. I don't really have any issue with how Steam looks now (just how it functions - the OSX app was broken for so long in so many ways!), but I like the visual refresh you've made!

james4k 14y ago

This is a nice take on things. I could see a very Metro-esque look evolve very easily from this for Windows, too. Steam's current theme does feel quite busy. I do like the design of the new Big Picture mode, and I think we are probably due for a Steam redesign in the next year or so.

dannowatts 14y ago

i like a lot of this design, only thing that i'm not really a fan of is the twitter-like sidebar when browsing games. but that's all i have to say that isn't overwhelming positive. thanks for sharing, moeed.