SGv2 Open Beta - May 30th (Closed)

So i like most of the look but i think all the yellow background text should be use green as it feels better and yellow is kinda hard to see. I like the new options like wishlist and group, but why is Rin's giveaway of Citybus Simulator Munich always on every list. The profile pages looks ugly to me with that ....maroon red? a brighter color would be nice.

You have to specify what version of IE. It works perfectly for me in IE11.

When you make a whitelist giveaway, it can only be seen and entered by people on your whitelist

Think of it like a special friend list, without going to the trouble of adding people to a group. It should be especially useful for the little contests and whatnot that people run in the forums. The quest giver could just flag the individuals to enter, instead of making a group.

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You need to press the "Mark as read" button, on the left, for them to disappear.

The background depends on the giveaway cover, actually. Unless that changed recently. Same for profiles (that's why you'll see various colours).

Check your timezone here. If it's wrong you might need to change the timezone in your computer or browser.

Read the big section of the OP labeled "Blacklist"

Obviously SG+ won't work on the new site (yet?) Have you considered integrating any features of that into the main site? In particular, I'm sorely missing the compact layout of SG+ with only the game logos and not the full information. I suppose that a new SG+ will appear soon enough, but still.

Sorry for the many replies, I'd figure I'd separate the issues.

Some things are just obscure -- like the little gear next to the giveaway category header that leads to Account > Settings > Giveaways, which is not accessible from the menu, AFAICT (the "account" dropdown has no "settings"). This is especially illogical considering that Account > Settings > Giveaways is apparently a hierarchy, but the hierarchy isn't accessible anywhere (http://www.steamsocial.com/account/settings/ redirects to the FP). I guess this might be an unfinished area?

The icons at the top right (giveaways created/won/messages) are so dark on my screen as to be nearly invisible. Admittedly my screen's brightness is not the best, and they light up when there's something interesting, but even so they could be a little less black on very dark grey.

Speaking of which, the site's color scheme looks a little messy. From the left, top to bottom, you have a very dark gray, chocolate, light gray, then blue as the background, with font colors to match. It looks a little busy, especially compared the the old site. A dash of color is good for highlighting, but the new layout uses so much color that too much stands out. Aside from that, it's quite busy just in number of screen elements that are present -- there are buttons, links and icons everywhere, you almost don't know where to look.

The headers are not headery enough, IMO. The only thing distinguishing them from the rest is that they're boxes with a white background. But the site is replete with boxes with light backgrounds, so that doesn't really draw the eye -- the old site overused different colors in the headers, but at least you could see they're headers.

Also, there's one and only one header that you can interact with by clicking on it (the one that cycles through GA types) but there's no indication that you can do this. I'd say give it a little dropdown arrow instead.

Correction: that header is clickable, but it doesn't cycle through GA types, it always goes to "Giveaways > All" (implicitly refreshing the list). Confusing, but since you don't need to interact with it at all, there's no need for an arrow either. (Selecting between GA types is done with the items on the left.)

http://www.steamsocial.com/stats/my-stats/account-value is a weird page that uses a running total for your account value. The intermediate sums are pointless, I have to scroll all the way down to get my value. I'm not sure duplicating the functions of sites like http://steamdb.info/calculator/ is worth it in general, since I strongly suspect these features will be the first to get disabled when the site's under load, but hey, it's your party (of course you do get questions like "why does the site say my account total is $2422.25 while SteamDB puts it at $2207.35, but that happens with all sites).

Hovering over a time indication (like "9 months ago") now gives you the exact time. This is one my favorite little things the new site has added, since things like anniversaries are impossible to track otherwise. But even that exact time indication seems to use slightly relative logic since it involves your local time zone and always seems to be using 12 hour notation (AM/PM). I'm a computer geek, and it may be too geeky for the site, but considering that it has an option for setting your time zone from the browser, maybe offer a universal time option? I know exactly what time "2014-01-10 14:34Z" was, and how to turn it into any other time, more so than "January 10, 2014, 2:34pm" (or whatever it becomes in your local time zone). At the very least a 12/24 hour option, since I don't think the browser supplies that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm already very happy with the fact that the site gives out absolute time at all.

Finally (for now) -- does "good <daypart> <username>" deserve any prominence at all? Does it need to be plastered over the top GA? I know what time it is and who I am, no need to make a header out of it that draws the eye every time... Compare this to a site like amazon.com, which just has "hello, <firstname>" above the "Your Account" dropdown, which is unobtrusive and still gives a personal touch. Just because there's a gap to fill doesn't necessarily mean you should fill it. Maybe it shouldn't be a gap in the first place. :-)

It won't be like that, it's just for the open beta (actually it wasn't like that when I registered). If someone doesn't know what the site is then that means they probably didn't visit it from this thread :P

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