Cool :) Paul
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Erik Johnson > Sent: Tue 11 October 2005 18:18 > To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Steam UI Update > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > This is something we're definitely thinking about given the success of > the UI beta. > > We're going to try this out with the upcoming SDK release as > well, which > is a week or two off. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin > Davison > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:54 AM > To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Steam UI Update > > > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > I think this has been a resounding success, valve probably would not > have > found all these bugs before releasing the update. > > Now this got me thinking, what if this optional command was > extended to > the > actual engine? It would certainly help valve to prevent another patch > like > the 9/30 patch. > > Say for example, there is a normal 'source engine.gcf' which we would > launch > normally and there would be a 'source engine beta.gcf' which we would > launch > our mods and valve games on the launch properties like -betaengine. > > This would help us the MOD community test for breaking > changes and if we > started having problems that valve couldnt produce with their Q&A > process. > > What do you guys think? > > On 10/10/05, Tim Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Interesting article about UI design paradigm changes. If you're into > UI, > > this > > is a great website even if the author has pretty strong opinions. > > > > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/wysiwyg.html > > > > Quoting "Dan Stevens (IAmAI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > http://www.cstrike-planet.com/steamskins/ > > > > > > So why does it have a skin menu in settings? > > > > > > On 10/10/05, Andrew Foss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Steam is not skinnable enough. > > > > > > > > On 10/9/05, Tim Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The irony is that before windows, people complained about > > inconsistent > > > > UI > > > > > design, and found the Mac then Windows UI a blessing to unify > > things. > > > > Guess if > > > > > you've watch things long enough you see it goes full circle. > > Frankly, I > > > > welcome > > > > > our UI standard overlords! > > > > > > > > > > Quoting "Andrew (Bromfitsen)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > > > > What's the point in having a program that follows windows > > "Standards" > > > > if > > > > > > 99.9% of the people using it would rather it not > look like the > > > > THOUSANDS of > > > > > > generic, boring and uninspired applications that > they already > have > > > > > > installed? The new UI is much better than the old one, and I > > > > congradulate > > > > > > valve on making the change. But if they were to make it > conform to > > a > > > > classic > > > > > > windows theme I would much rather use the dull UI that it > > currently > > > > uses. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > > > please > > > > > > visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > please > > > visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > -- > - Ben Davison > - http://www.shadow-phoenix.com > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
