Does anyone have a copy of a Steam client from the years 200

This is kind of pointless considering there's a major UI overhaul coming to Steam pretty soon

>>386099036
I dont remember the interface being that diferent from todays in 2008

>>386099239
There's a niche community of people who prefer the legacy client. It's OK if you're not interested in it, but it's not, in any sense, "pointless."

the current client is fucking garbage. why are the icons so big, why are there so many pictures, why is it important to show news from 6 years ago on my games.

just give me my game list back

>>386099363
If you want to completely misinterpret that post and get overly defensive, that's cool

>>386099473
OK, would you mind explaining how I misinterpreted it? Why is it pointless to restore the legacy client? We have people who are interested. We're interested.

>>386099596
Not that guy, but call it a hunch I don't think you guys are going to get very far.

>>386099337
It looked like Counterstrike 1.5 server browser.

>>386099741
Hmm, I don't remember it being like that when I first started playing TF2, but i have memory issues so maybe it was.

>>386099596
I don't know how designing a theme works, but it's likely that the API or whatever won't work anymore and you would have to start over, so just take that into consideration.

>>386099473
>him: here's a thing we're doing
>you: this is pointless because reason
>him: it's not pointless because other reason
>you: way to misinterpret my post and get all defensive gosh
magnificently and unironically hypocritical, and majestically butthurt all rolled up in one post
fucking 10/10 anon bravo

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I think the solid green interface would be cool.

I can help you. I sent you a friend request

>>386099991
what?
>op: im doing thing
>guy: thing is getting a major change, its pointless to do thing now
>op: its not pointless because other reason
>guy: missed my point noob
>you: im butthurt lol

>>386099987
>>386100196
Allow me to clarify something. We're working on restoring the client itself--we're not just making a theme.

>>386099596
I think he just meant because the client is changing soon that any modifications you make now will have to be redone

I also liked the legacy interface better but my autism is nowhere near strong enough to want to fuck around with it

my gif has drm give it back

>>386099036
Can't you just find an orange box/half life 2 copy? I think that installed steam from disc.

>>386100298
And your heads are all so far up your asses you didn't feel it necessary to say this from the beginning? And you're so sensitive you immediately jump to defend your little project from the slightest (non)criticism.

This seems like a pretty stable team. Good luck!

>>386100196
>we want to make the legacy steam client work again
>oh well don't even bother because valve is working on a new UI
K

>>386100401
This is useful information. Thanks.

>>386100470
this guy is doing something
you're just being an angry bitch. did your wife and her son finally have enough of you?

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The real reason this is pointless is because they won't get Chess working again.

>>386100565
this

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>>386099036
I think green style is elegant. I wish you goodluck

>>386100565
They've said why repeatedly, you little retard.
The new UI will fucking break this, so it's pointless to do this until the new UI is out or else you'll just end up wasting your time only to end up with something that does not work anymore.

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>>386099036
>I'm part of a team working on restoring the "classic" interface
>but it looks like any traces of the legacy Steam client have been scrubbed out of existence
So you have fucking nothing?

What a fucking waste of time.

Just make a minimalist UI. You literally can't get the client anymore OP. It never existed because it's a minimal installer and only downloads the real program.

>>386101459
oh ye of miniscule mind

>>386100687
yes

>>386101837
You're wrong. See >>386100401.

>>386101459
From your post I can tell you have a deep understanding of client/server communication, please tell me more

>>386100808
shit that was cool

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>>386099337
>>386099939
i wish i could be a kiddo again.

>>386099036
>>386100808
I'm joking but you better restore motherfucking Chess and Reversi

>>386102836
>codename gordon
Shieet i forgot about that free hidden game, steam://install/92 if you guys want to try it out

>>386102836
Good job posting Steam 2.0, the worst version ever. Huge fucking web 2.0 rounded edges like a Fisher Price product and diagonal line pattern motifs like Deviantart from the last decade.

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>>386103431
Why are you such an angry little manchild? Fuck off, you stupid faggot.

>>386100001
I miss this. I really do.

>>386103586
At least you're redeeming yourself posting Steam 1.0 instead, thanks.

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>>386099036
>that profile

These were simpler times.

If someone had a copy of it, what the fuck do they need your "team" for

isn't easier to just modify the assets from CS?
don't bully, I'm just a computer illiterate

>>386105113
Because it doesn't work on its own.

>>386099036
i hope you open the client while stopping your internet connection, becase the first thing the interface does is update
I doubt you can even open it like ever, because of the first time setup and mandatory login

>>386100001
military as fuck

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>>386099036
>not using the Metro skin for Steam
it's perfect

>>386099036
That's kind of unlikely since they deploy the client from the servers. What you download is just a downloader.

There are some 6 year old versions on Filehippo but nothing earlier than that. Have you tried searching file directories on google?

>>386102836
thats not how steam looked in 2008

>>386102836
>steam used to be just a launcher for valve games
huh, never knew that

>>386106008
Metro is ass, why would anyone actually want to use it?

>>386100808
If you can't do this, give up now. I don't give a shit.

>>386106008
-420$?

Who PixelVision here?

>>386100808
Not a checkmate, black can move king east.

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>>386108118
anon...

>>386099239
oh god not again

>>386099036
The steam look from 2 or 3 years ago was my personal favorite.

>>386099036
Pointless waste of time, faggot

>>386110324
Go play Overwatch.

>>386106008
>use a custom skin
>the very next UI update breaks it
>never use a custom skin again

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>>386100298
thenll you have an outdated client that wont work or let you use it

>>386112191
I guess their goal is to make it work. I don't know if a third-party Steam client is possible, but these guys think it is.

>>386099036
Why the fuck would you want to restore the classic interface?

IIRC, steam use to run like shit back in 2009.

>>386114301
>Why the fuck would you want to restore the classic interface?
because it wasnt designed in ms powerpoint like the "modern" metro design right now is

>>386114813
But OP >>386100298 isn't talking about simply restoring the classic design, he's talking about restoring the entire client, which use to run like ass.

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>>386114301
>>386114813

>>386100001
this version ran so much smoother and used up far less resources. if someone could implement this again, I'd be all for it.

>tfw my cmputer struggled like a motherfucker to get steam to open back in those days

I really hated that shit. Took like 5 minutes just to open on startup. My comp back then was garbage though. I wonder how bad it can be for 3rd worlders who want to play dota 2.

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I just found the files on my physical copy of HL2...

Got it to run in offline mode, now I just gotta start patching it to run on the modern servers.

>>386107047
its minimalistic and clean what's not to like?

>>386100470
but anon... he said from the get-go that he's restoring the old interface...

>>386116749
>>386099036
>wanting the old ugly ass green steam

Dunno why ANYONE is nostalgic for old steam.

Steam back in the day was a huge load of shit. It was laggy, it was annoying to have installed, and it made Half-Life 2 a pain in the ass.

On top of that, when they went back and implemented steam into all the goldsrc games like Half-Life and CS, everything became unstable as fuck. Lots of crashing, lots of errors, etc.

Steam back then was like a Trojan virus. I remember when I first installed it, that I thought my game disc had a virus installed.

>>386100196
>We want to do that thing
>"Why do you want to do that don't do that it's pointless I do know better"

Oh, you're that guy from every StackOverflow answer ever

>>386100470
Maybe if you weren't lashing out like a rabid dog every time you don't understand something people didn't need to clarify everything about everything 100% of the time you demented fuck?

>>386099036
I've got cd with counter strike anthology, it should have ancient steam client included

>>386117018
>On top of that, when they went back and implemented steam into all the goldsrc games like Half-Life and CS, everything became unstable as fuck. Lots of crashing, lots of errors, etc.

didn't happen whatsoever because steam is not "implemented into" games in this way. They changed the master server address.

Everyone overexaggerates how bad it was. Your computer sucked because you didn't know what parts to buy and you had a slow hard drive without any doubt.

get a less shit6 computer for christ sake the way steam is now wouldnt even work with the classic interface

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>>386108118

>>386116749
17 degrees, wtf m8, also pairing that with 1080 gg

>can't force steam to run in minimal window mode all the time

I just want quick access to my library, is that too much to ask

>>386103321
Neat, thanks for the tip.

>>386112264
and literally anything they do wont be official and thus rejected.

if its not 100% original, it wont work.

>>386103052
>>386100808
>steam used to have this shit
fuck why are valve so antifun now

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>>386099036

I do. What is it worth to you?

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>>386100808
screenie

>>386099363
>muh vanilla experience

>>386103431

You do realize Steam is an application used to play VIDEO GAMES, right? And here you are mocking someone and calling it Fisher Price. Very cute.

>>386099036
http://www.oldapps.com/

>>386106008
It's absolutely disgusting, I'm so tired of seeing this shitty UI style being shoved everywhere.

>>386108118
Bishop would then get him.

>>386099036
>restoring the "classic" interface
Steam was never good or "classic".
Steam=shit. Always was and will be.

http://steamskins.org/old-flat-green-skin/

just download this shitsnake

>>386100298
why the fuck would anyone use some shady third party client lmao
There are classic themes already and no one will use your shit.

>>386120749
That screenshot...

>>386121279
the standard ui looks worse