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Hominin 27 Jan, 2021 @ 12:26am

Reduced Steam Functionality

Couple of useful features seems to have disappeared from Steam. Haven't seen a why anywhere

Most recent is the removal of who likes content i (or my friends) share. Why? It was a good way to make like-minded friends or see what appeals to who. It was even useful as a quick "Hi!". I can understand some people might like the extra privacy so make it a privacy option to hide your likes, don't just remove something most people use with good will!

And the most annoying removal is from the overlay browser. Why is the context menu option to open a page in a new tab removed? Now I have to tab out of games and use a proper browser since the overlay one is useless for anything except the simplest search. edit: workarounds for this are sufficient, don't want to distract from the rest, still don't get why they had to mess with the context sensitive menu but whatever with that :/

I have a lot invested in my steam collection, it is worrying to see new marketing features coming in all the time while the actual useful features are removed!

Last edited by Hominin; 3 Sep, 2021 @ 6:12am

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ReBoot 27 Jan, 2021 @ 12:47am

You can hold Ctrl and click on a link to open in a new tab, like desktop browsers do.
As for that share, where was it shared? Maybe it's still there but behind a setting, maybe it just got moved. What exactly are you talking about? "Share" is somewhat generic.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 27 Jan, 2021 @ 8:42am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
As for that share, where was it shared? Maybe it's still there but behind a setting, maybe it just got moved. What exactly are you talking about? "Share" is somewhat generic.

Activity page, scroll to screenshot, look at it to see no more names and only the amount who rated it up.

Crazy Tiger 27 Jan, 2021 @ 9:05am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by ReBoot:
As for that share, where was it shared? Maybe it's still there but behind a setting, maybe it just got moved. What exactly are you talking about? "Share" is somewhat generic.

Activity page, scroll to screenshot, look at it to see no more names and only the amount who rated it up.

Seems to only affect screenhots and artwork. Other Activity posts (like status updates and games bought) still have the "including X, Y and Z" attached to it.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 27 Jan, 2021 @ 9:06am

Gotta love silent updates after maintenance.

Ricky 27 Jan, 2021 @ 10:48am

problem is solved now https://prnt.sc/xq10gd

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 27 Jan, 2021 @ 10:54am

Originally posted by Ricky:
problem is solved now https://prnt.sc/xq10gd

It isn't solved here.

Make sure you are not looking at other activity feed posts as this only affects screenshots and artwork.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; 27 Jan, 2021 @ 10:55am

Ricky 27 Jan, 2021 @ 1:45pm

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Ricky:
problem is solved now https://prnt.sc/xq10gd

It isn't solved here.

Make sure you are not looking at other activity feed posts as this only affects screenshots and artwork.

:qr:

indeed

WhiteKnight 27 Jan, 2021 @ 6:48pm

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Gotta love silent updates after maintenance.

:winter2019neutralyul:

What silent updates?.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 27 Jan, 2021 @ 7:11pm

Go back up and read the posts.

😳 27 Jan, 2021 @ 8:39pm

If it was deliberate, F you valve. If it's their spaghetti code acting up again, then we wait.

Last edited by 😳; 27 Jan, 2021 @ 8:40pm

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😳 27 Jan, 2021 @ 8:39pm

Originally posted by Ricky:
problem is solved now https://prnt.sc/xq10gd

Out of curiosity how did you get this to work though. Was this in your activity feed or elsewhere?

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Ricky 27 Jan, 2021 @ 9:08pm

Originally posted by Stout:
Originally posted by Ricky:
problem is solved now https://prnt.sc/xq10gd
Out of curiosity how did you get this to work though. Was this in your activity feed or elsewhere?

just someone give me this link on this app, I tried on the phone but this app didn't recognized this screenshot to find who liked post

Last edited by Ricky; 27 Jan, 2021 @ 9:09pm

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