Steam Tabs

[Digital]

Why haven't tabs been introduced to Steam yet? I'm constantly flicking between the workshop, the store and forums, wouldn't it be much easier and effective to have tabs?

We have them in the Steam Browser, but that's only when you are playing games, but how much more effective do you think it would be if you were able to have open two active forums at the same time, a store page, and the workshop open for about 3 different games, your productability would increase, you 'd be able to get done what you needed a lot quicker, and overall I think it would make it look a little cleaner, in the sense that I don't have to go around and sift through multiple pages to get back to where I was 5 minutes ago.

[Marble]

If you do a lot of browsing on the store and community pages, there really is no reason to use the Steam client when you have better web browsers out there.

But yeah, tabs would be nice.

[LoTekRabbit]

That would be nice.

[Digital]

Canti eredeti hozzászólása:

If you do a lot of browsing on the store and community pages, there really is no reason to use the Steam client when you have better web browsers out there.

But yeah, tabs would be nice.

Yeah I realised straight after posting... "Hmm, That's what the website is for."

But to be fair I'm barely ever on the site, I'm 99% on the client, and only go on the site when I'm on a computer that doesn't have Steam, even then I can't be bothered with the Steam Guard, so I don't bother.

[Digital]

It will make everyone's time on the steam client, much much easier. For Example.


You are talking to your friend and he links you to a game in the store, so instead of backing out of the workshop forum, or another game page, it opens up another tab for the link you clicked, keeping both pages intact, allowing you to stay where you are and to search elsewhere.

Obviously there should be an option to use them if people don't want them.

[Zefar]

Why not just use an Internet browser that is better in every single way? :/

I don't get why people have such a need to use an inferior program to do stuff when there are far better choices.

Steam wouldn't need to spend time on this and could focus on other things instead. Much like how people want a MP3 player in Steam to play music. Just download Winamp and activate Global hotkeys for that.

[Digital]

Zefar eredeti hozzászólása:

Why not just use an Internet browser that is better in every single way? :/

I don't get why people have such a need to use an inferior program to do stuff when there are far better choices.

Steam wouldn't need to spend time on this and could focus on other things instead. Much like how people want a MP3 player in Steam to play music. Just download Winamp and activate Global hotkeys for that.

People serious want a music player in Steam? Screw it! why not go full throttle and add a radio!

But in all seriousness, refering you to my last post, I'm never on the steam website, I'm always on the Client. Thus making Steam Tabs Potentially useful for people such as myself.

[tomk1]

In a way there are Tabs, Community is a different Tab to the store. You can have a topic or game hub open under community then look through games in the store, when you press community it will be where you left it, likewise when you click store its on the last item you viewed.

[Digital]

tomk1 eredeti hozzászólása:

In a way there are Tabs, Community is a different Tab to the store. You can have a topic or game hub open under community then look through games in the store, when you press community it will be where you left it, likewise when you click store its on the last item you viewed.

Yes quite a usefull feature, but If you wanted to frequent two forums under the community tab, you would constantly have to be switching between the two, backing out every few minutes to check another forum.

[kazereal]

Zefar eredeti hozzászólása:

Steam wouldn't need to spend time on this and could focus on other things instead. Much like how people want a MP3 player in Steam to play music. Just download Winamp and activate Global hotkeys for that.

Actually, in a SteamBox that would make sense to have it with Steam client..

For example, user boots directly into Steam client (no other UI since that's the point of the whole box) and all media use (DVD, CD, MP3 etc.) would happen with that same UI.

On a normal desktop-computer that might not make much sense as you pointed out already..

[###TwizzyGeek]

Idk.

[Gordon]

Good idea

[Nuppeppō]

I think tabs are a great idea.

[Digital]

A Fat Panda's Fart eredeti hozzászólása:

I think tabs are a great idea.

It is, This needs a wider audience, I believe this can really benefit the Steam Client, as well as forum goers, store browsers etc etc, you get the idea.

[DartVeiga]

I also vote yes. Was just trying to find a way to do just that. Tabs, please!

[Digital]

Ok... someone call Gabe... tell 'im that we want tabs...