is "-no-browser" and "start steam://open/minigameslist" broken or not?

[honx]

is anyone able to answer this question?

Originally posted by TTB Deadgye:

The new changes force the library to use the Steam Browser. This means the library can no longer be accessed when launching the steam with the steam browser disabled. This is not an acceptable change.

does this mean:

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser
start steam://open/minigameslist

no longer works?

i don't dare to start steam which would then "update" its BLOATWARE client again and breaking my .bat file with these two lines in it:
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser
start steam://open/minigameslist

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Those are commands...
No browser disable the browser on the client. You loss access to store, community, and etc WEB PAGES, hence no browser, and also new UI is a web base, it works offline as well, but since it web base, by putting in the command it force all web base disabled.

Steam open minigames list enable small mode.

These do not break the client, also fyi they re-added the small mode on the beta side which you click view, and click on small mode, and to revert same thing, but large mode.

[Yasahi]

steam://open/minigamelist works just fine. It's also back in the beta of the new client so you don't need to open it through the command anymore if you're using the beta build.

[Yasahi]

As to the .bat you've made, it works as a whole. I just ran it and it disables the browser and then opens the Small Mode.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Small mode is in the beta. There is no real need to use commands.

[Acubens]

SMALL MODE is ALMOST fully functional with -no-browser

You can't UNINSTALL games, they are using new UI HTML framework to uninstall

I would be happy if they bring back the ability to UNISTALL, so that I would have what steam should be = a fully functional game installer / launcher / uninstaller

But then, I am scared too they might re-build small mode completely using new framework HTML Bloatcrapware

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Small mode is in the beta. There is no real need to use commands.

:qr:

There is a need if someone wants to do more than just use Small Mode, or if someone wants to use Small Mode but isn't using the beta.

Frankly speaking, I'm not switching to a beta which might present more problems than the slower-changing main version.

[Crashed]

There is a small mistake in your command line arguments, it should be the following:

-no-browser +open steam://open/minigameslist

Notice the + before open.

[honx]

Originally posted by Crashed:

There is a small mistake in your command line arguments, it should be the following:

-no-browser +open steam://open/minigameslist

Notice the + before open.

i'm using a batch file (.bat), not command line arguments. that's the reason i have these 2 lines.

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser
start steam://open/minigameslist

[Crashed]

Originally posted by honx:

Originally posted by Crashed:

There is a small mistake in your command line arguments, it should be the following:

-no-browser +open steam://open/minigameslist

Notice the + before open.

i'm using a batch file (.bat), not command line arguments. that's the reason i have these 2 lines.

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser
start steam://open/minigameslist

Try this (one line in the .bat):

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser +open steam://open/minigameslist

Your .bat will try to open the URI before Steam finishes initializing; this puts the command into the command line that launches Steam.

[8ullfrog]

Small mode is in the beta. There is no real need to use commands.

I don't want to use the beta. I've been using the batch file option just to avoid the shelf ui.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by 8ullfrog:

Small mode is in the beta. There is no real need to use commands.

I don't want to use the beta. I've been using the batch file option just to avoid the shelf ui.

It will come to release once the beta cycle is completed.

[8ullfrog]

I don't know how long the beta cycles are. Thank you for somewhat clearing things up though.

I don't understand why all software seems to bloat up their UI's. VLC is thankfully, still fantastic.

[Rashee]

where can i find my hidden games?

[8ullfrog]

I just ran the bat, it still works.

err, there's like four webhelpers running, maybe they nuked the nobrowser?

♥♥♥♥, now there are seven.

[honx]

Originally posted by 8ullfrog:

err, there's like four webhelpers running, maybe they nuked the nobrowser?

♥♥♥♥, now there are seven.

does this also apply to the one line solution in .bat? i'm currently not at home so i can't test it:

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe" -no-browser +open steam://open/minigameslist

so does this also spawn steam webhelpers now?