Criticized in the past for its lack of responsiveness, Valve has nevertheless made good progress with its Steam client. And it's not over yet...
The Steam platform is undoubtedly the number one dematerialized store for video games on PC. A status that would almost allow it to make the rain and the good weather on the platform. A status that could also and above all see the publisher fall asleep on its laurels. Fortunately, this is not the case, and just in terms of the interface of its Steam client, Valve is undoubtedly the most active, even the most responsive, taking into account many comments from users. That's what the latest release shows... still in beta stage.
As always, contributions to the Steam client are indeed first tested on beta versions that anyone can access as long as they register on the Steam client beta channel. At the moment, the main changes in the version that is circulating concern aesthetic or visual improvements as well as more technical changes that Valve summarizes in these terms: " A large part of our efforts have been focused on reorganizing the code between the Steam desktop client, the Big Picture mode and Steam Deck ". In fact, the Big Picture mode should be both faster and more stable.
That said, one of the most visible changes is undoubtedly the so-called Steamoverlay, in other words, the interface that appears as an overlay during a game - on any game - when you press Shift + Tab. Valve's idea is to offer more options to this display by adding a kind of taskbar from which it is possible to access a host of tools from the friends list to the browser, including Steam achievements and notes.
Notes"? No, it's not a question of giving the game a grade, but rather of offering a new module for fans to be able to take notes during a game. Old-timers will have a hard time leaving their notebook while browsing the worlds of Skryim, Elden Ring or Starfield, but this module means that you no longer have to leave your screen to write down a password or key information given by a non-player character. Let's bet that Valve will not delay in officially deploying this new feature that should delight more than one adventurer.
