Long awaited and finally here – Steam has received a massive update that brings features fans have long desired. They even thank Steam chief Gabe Newell personally for this.
Why are fans celebrating the update? Steam has received an extensive update focusing primarily on accessibility and many fixes. Particularly the former was a concern for many players, as the user interface was sometimes not very accommodating on ultra-wide monitors.
The new update now brings the following accessibility adjustments:
- A menu for accessibility settings has been added to desktop mode. It includes features such as:
- Contrast mode
- Reduced motion settings
- UI scaling settings
- Many UI components have been given accessibility hints
Many performance issues with the in-game overlay have also been resolved and a “Customization” tab for game properties has been added, allowing you to set custom graphics and sorted titles for your games.
These innovations are received so well by the Steam community that they even pay tribute to the Steam chief personally.
“All hail the emperor!”
How does the community react to the update? In the comments on the blog post about the update overview and also on Reddit, there are several users who cheer relievedly and celebrate the update. Many have been waiting a long time for these features and are happy to finally have received the highly anticipated features:
- Güiltan pays tribute via Steam: “All hail the emperor!” (Referring to Steam chief Gabe Newell)
- Raattus rejoices via Steam: “The custom sorted title honestly saved my day. If we get the option to change the display name, I would be super happy.”
- peruka celebrates via Reddit: “Thank you, Lord GabeN!” (Again referring to Gabe Newell)
- pomyuo shares his enthusiasm via Reddit: “Can we finally change the scaling? JFC, finally!”
- donovan_x_griffith is also relieved via Reddit: “Holy cow, the UI scaling is a mega W, finally I don’t have to open Steam in my browser to zoom in because I couldn’t read the small text in the client.”
The update seems to make life easier for many users, although there are voices here and there wishing for other changes and innovations. Perhaps their wishes will be fulfilled in the next update.
Also, early August Valve made the lives of many Steam users easier by finally addressing a broken feature after a long 22 years and fixing it in an update. Why it took so long to take care of it, you can read here: Gabe Newell has finally answered our prayers after 22 years and fixed the worst feature of Steam
