Who's using what? (Steam UI) [Update! Nov. 9th]

The new UI seems fine for now. Haven't had any major issues so far.

Old. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and it wasn't really broken.

-nochatui -nofriendsui forever xD

I'm using the new one and other than a bit annoying bug with the notifications not going away causing the button to remain green it does its job, although I haven't seen any major advantage over the old one for the use I give it.

I think it looks nice but has a few quirks. The one that gets under my skin is when you mouse over somebody on your list, and the box for their profile details shows up. If I click off the window to focus another window, it will stay there unless i mouse over someone else.
Really irritating. Other than that I hardly use it since Discord exists, yknow.

So long as you don't touch the friends function the new one is usable if still the continuation of the ongoing quality decline of UI started years ago.

FYI, the parameter "-nochatui" doesn't exist in the Steam's EXE, so it's not a valid option and do nothing if used. Only "-nofriendsui" should be used to revert to the old chat UI.

I like the new ui, but it's really slow for me sometimes. It feels a lot like the overlay browser, which sucks in all aspects (but I'm comparing only the "slowness" here). They should do something about it. If both the ui and the browser felt like actual functioning softwares and not something from 2000 duct taped to look modern, that would be great.

I don’t use much of Steam itself. So new UI isn’t really an issue I have to get used to. However, the brief time using the new chat (not in web browser) I didn’t like having the huge buttons covering up half the horizontal space of the text box at the minimum window size.

well ive just stuck with what was there so the new one. however i did go a couple of weeks of being stuck on invisible mode. no matter how much i clicked online it refused to move so it looked like i was inactive for days until i went on phone

Self-bump with "breaking news," -nofriendsui is no longer working as of a recent Steam client update according to user reports on Reddit. Slightly longer breakdown of my personal accounts in the edit on the post.

Is there a good, proper way to prevent Steam from updating? I would prefer having a stable and properly working chat instead of that shitty, broken, piece of shit.

I had to return once to the old UI to stop the messages from groups. Other than that, no problem with the new UI.

I have had issues with the friends list not automatically signing in, other than that, I can't recall any other issues.

Web browser steam is better than steam itself. It's really shameful.

So... Any alternatives now Steam crapped over -nochatui -nofriendsui? :(

I really don't like the new UI, but it's not really annoying for the most part still. :)

I use Metro for Steam, which got updated for the new UI. Works fine in my opinion.

You can make a new update, because apparently -steamos brings it back. Gonna test it in a short bit.

Edit: works absolute wonders, lets see for how long they let us keep it.

Double edit: disabled the Steam overlay as well but while it will be annoying when I will have to tab out to answer a message while playing CSGO, I can live with that.

I'm using the new one, although using is a strong word as I very very rarely talk to people through Steam at all.