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Steam UI Update Beta Drops IE Rendering For WebKit
Citing massive growth in their user base ("25 million users, 1000+ games, 12 billion player minutes per month, and 75 billion Steam client minutes per month"), Valve unveiled a revamped UI for Steam on Tuesday, opening the beta test to anyone who wants to try it out. There are many changes, and an increased focus on social features: "Right from within your own game Library, you can now track which of your friends plays each game or invite them to play one with you. Before you've even bought a game, knowing whether your friends play it is one of the most useful pieces of information to have. So on the store homepage, there's a new listing of what your friends have bought or played lately." Tracking games and achievements have both gotten simpler, and Valve has dropped the Internet Explorer rendering engine in favor of WebKit. An enterprising user also found files that may indicate the existence of an OS X Steam client.
Exactly how many steam games have OSX versions? Does anyone actually game with Macs?
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
So then just don't use Steam. There's a difference between being tracked involuntarily a la Google Analytics and tracking your game stats and achievements on a gaming platform that contains such community features, which you signed up for.
Your complain is like signing up to a dating site and then complaining how the girls won't leave you alone.
girls? it's the men who won't leave me alone that bother me! *shudder*
Stop playing a female night elf then. Sheesh.