Performance issues with new library

[Aspalax]

I have been experiencing extreme lag when trying to access my steam library. The graphical elements take forever to load or do not load at all, and the whole page lags, to the point that i am unable to use it. It may be due to the seer number of my games (500+) but i cannot fix that now. I tried setting library preferences to low bandwidth, small icons etc, but to no avail. Is there a way to get rid of the graphical elements all together and view a simple list of my games?

EDIT: I use the client exclusively.

[Darth Alpharius]

Settings/Library tick Low Performance, Try that.

[Aspalax]

Tried it. Does nothing.

[Yasahi]

You could also open the Small Mode by typing the following in your web browser: steam://open/minigameslist

[Aspalax]

I use the client.

[Darth Alpharius]

have you organised them into Collections

[Aspalax]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

have you organised them into Collections

They are reasonably organised, but the page opens to the uncategorised list, about 300 games, not the collections. Do i really have to break the list into tiny collections to use them. That would be almost just as unuseable.

[Darth Alpharius]

How many games dont you play anymore?

[Yasahi]

Originally posted by Aspalax:

I use the client.

The Small Mode is part of the client. You just have no way of opening it directly right now. You can open it through your browser, it just calls the client. That's what the "steam://open/" part is for.

[Aspalax]

Hm, so in order to use the steam service, i have to stop using their client?

[Aspalax]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

How many games dont you play anymore?

Not an option. I have a category of finished games, and i can hide them, I could also hide all uninstalled games, but that basically means i do not have a unified library anymore.

[Yasahi]

Originally posted by Aspalax:

Hm, so in order to use the steam service, i have to stop using their client?

No, it just opens another view from the client. Just like Friends & Chat works.

[SeriousCCIE]

I concur that having to embrace workarounds or crude methods to undermine the intent fails to deliver an adequate solution.

[Aspalax]

Originally posted by Yasahi:

Originally posted by Aspalax:

Hm, so in order to use the steam service, i have to stop using their client?

No, it just opens another view from the client. Just like Friends & Chat works.

I just tried it. I can see my library, but it completely disables the rest of the client, including the store, chat and forums, untill i restart. Better than nothing, i guess.

[catch me™]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

Settings/Library tick Low Performance, Try that.

thx for info - works for me!

[swillfly]

+1,000,000 OP
-1,000,000 Steam Library UI devs

I too experience ridiculous lag with this new millenial/i-gen centric user interface. What was wrong with the previous Library UI? Has no one at Steam ever heard of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"?!?

At least provide a way for "classic" view.. even Microsoft provided that for us oldsters. Not everyone needs or wants all the bells, whistles, and newfangled flashy innovations.

I'm glad it worked for someone:

Originally posted by catch me™:

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

Settings/Library tick Low Performance, Try that.

thx for info - works for me!

On my old computer I unticked pretty much everything that I possibly could which I could imagine causing the dial-up graphic UI lag I'm experiencing with this new Library UI. Nothing has resolved this. This is a problem not of taste (I could care less how the UI looks) but of performance.

Click on new Library...loading images...click Community/elsewhere...click back to Library...lag with gfx artifacts...eventually loads after a few seconds.