A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• Fix selection highlighting of hyperlink text in chat
  
• Compatibility fix for Steam Service and MS KB2264107 with 0xFFFFFFFF registry setting
  
• Fixed issue with Steam Cloud that occurs when a game is launched outside of Steam
  
• Compatibility fix for in-game overlay and MS KB2264107 with 0xFFFFFFFF registry setting
  
• Steamworks fix for matchmaking
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• Fix a bug where installing a game with a demo may not initial install all content with some left to download on first launch
  
• Fix a bug with ISteamNetworking getting available packet size for Steamworks Partners
  
• Steam Cloud improvements to support save games in more cases for Steamworks Partners
  
• Windows: Fix a case where minidumping due to an error could deadlock the client on startup or shutdown
  
• Windows: Fix a memory leak that could lead to too much memory used or a crash if you remained in a busy group chat for several days
  
• Mac: Fix client errantly opening a script in a text editor at startup (rare bug)
  

A Steam OSX client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• [OSX] Improved font handling of non-english (unicode) characters
  
• [OSX] Restored ability to enter offline mode
  
• [OSX] Improved performance of in-game overlay
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• Fixed a case where the Steam client could hang on startup for some users with unusual environment variables
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

New Features

• Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in new tabs by default)
  
• Updated in-game overlay browser to use new tabbed browsing interface (Use Middle click on links to open-in-new-tab)
  
• Tabbed Browser/Chat HotKeys: Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to switch tabs. Ctrl-W, Ctrl-F4 or Middle click to close tabs.
  
• Updated WebKit code for client/in-game browser (improved stability and performance on OSX, various browser fixes)
  
• Windows: 64 bit build of the in-game overlay (useable now with any 64bit non-Steam game you may add)
  
• Windows: 64 bit builds of Steamworks DLLs (for upcoming titles)
  

Fixes

• New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
  
• Improved client shutdown times
  
• Fix some cases of Steam becoming unresponsive for 5-10 seconds when new game updates are released
  
• Fixed unused game tags still showing up
  
• Reinstalling from a goldmaster triggers a content verification if the game is already installed
  
• Fixed sometimes needing to restart Steam after installing PhysX
  
• Changed overlay hot-key detection to not consider ctrl-shift-tab to be the same as shift-tab, thus allowing its use in tabbed chat/browsing in-game
  
• Fixed “hidden” achievements showing up in the game details page and overlay “so close…” ui
  
• Fixed a crash on shutdown
  
• Fixed an issue with input tab ordering in group chats
  
• Increased timeouts on Steam Cloud file uploads
  
• Fixed Rabobank payment page for iDEAL checkout not showing correctly in the Steam Client
  
• Fixed a bug parsing certain HTML tags inside News bodies
  
• Fixed top half of avatar images in chats not being right clickable for context menu
  
• Fixed a potential crash when failing to parse new stats/achievements data for a game
  
• Fixed bug/exploit with malformed www. URLs in chats
  
• Windows: Fixed the “alt” key sometimes sticking in the in-game overlay after an alt-tab event
  
• Windows: Improved overlay compatibility with some previously conflicting third party applications
  
• Windows: Fixes to progress bar on win7 task icon in handling paused downloads as well as finished downloads
  
• OSX: Fix several memory leaks
  
• OSX: Fix copy/paste resulting in extra random string data
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed words immediately followed by a newline not wrapping properly.
  
• Fixed the "Login" button in the login dialog from being enabled when no text has been entered in either field.
  
• Fixed the "Next" button in the retrieve account wizard being enabled when no text has been entered.
  
• Fixed the "Next" button in the activate CD key dialog being enabled when no text has been entered.
  
• Improved error messages for certain purchase failures
  
• Fixed "multiple cache instantiation error" on game launch
  
• Fix crashes that could occur while typing over a selection with an IME enabled
  
• When receiving the “chat from new user” introduction dialog, make a click on the other correspondent’s avatar go to their profile
  
• Better hit testing and copy-to-clipboard behavior in chat windows
  
• Fixed occasional stuttering caused by unlocking achievements.
  
• Extended Steam Hardware Survey to now be the Steam Hardware & Software Survey
  

Steam's opt-in hardware survey has been providing valuable data to the gaming industry for several years now, for gamers looking to upgrade their systems, game designers striving to target their customer base, and PC manufacturers anticipating gaming system adoption rates and trends. However so far it's been limited to just hardware components, which everyone knows is just one part of a gaming system.

So in today's Steam Client Beta release we're extending the survey to include installed software - Any programs listed within Windows' Programs and Features control panel (OS X coming soon) are reported alongside the hardware information Steam collects and reports online.

The new software component of our survey helps us understand what else our customers are using their PCs to do, and as a result, what features we can deliver or leverage to make Steam and our games better. PC users, developers and manufacturers will no doubt also find this information useful, so we plan to publish these results and trends over time. The first set of software survey results will be published among Steam stats at the end of the month.

As always, this survey is both optional and anonymous, with none of the collected data being associated with your Steam account. Survey selection is random; you'll know you're part of the Survey because Steam will ask if you want to take part.

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Added UI to disable Steam Cloud per-game and per-account.
  
• Added an icon in list view for uninstalled games that support cloud.
  
• Steam Cloud will now download files for installed games on logon.
  
• Fixed Steam Cloud sync failures that occurred because of deleted files.
  
• Improve text hit testing in chat windows.
  
• Make player names in chat windows clickable, taking you to that user's profile.
  
• Fixed tabs in the settings dialog sometimes not drawing correctly.
  
• Fixed a regression that prevented steam from automatically validating and repairing damaged game caches on launch.
  
• Shortened the delay between launching steam and being offered offline mode in the case of no network connectivity.
  
• Fixes the label under the dropdown on the game properties updates page for non-cloud games.
  
• Shows the "cloud disabled" icon in list view for games with cloud disabled that are not installed.
  
• Fixes players paying mods showing up as "in-game" rather than "in-mod" in the friends window.
  
• Fixes the login button in the login dialog becoming enabled when the dialog is dragged after the button is pressed.
  
• Improves whitespace detection in chats.
  
• Fixes a confusing error message when attempting to back up to a directory that doesn't exist (it would tell you the disk doesn't have enough space).
  
• Fixes weirdness with radio buttons when pressing the 'back' key on the backup wizard.
  
• Fixes game manuals not opening in an external browser.
  
• [OSX] Makes player names in chat windows clickable
  
• [OSX] Fixed a class of bugs that could cause steam to hang while shutting down, especially if network settings had changed.
  
• [OSX] Fixes tooltip flickering.
  
• [OSX] Cmd+Left/Right now go to beginning/end of line.
  
• [OSX] Option+Left/Right now go to word boundaries.
  
• [OSX] Option+Enter now inserts a newline.
  
• [OSX] Fixes some Windows-specific wording about the notification tray in the preferences/settings window.
  
• [OSX] Prevents backing up files to the file system root.
  
• [OSX] Treats the return key the same as the enter key.
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Reduces bandwidth used for stats and achievements on OSX
  
• Improves reliability when multiple achievements are unlocked simultaneously
  
• Fix for possible Steam lockup when launching a game
  
• Added 'view game store page' option on the context menu for friends who are in a game
  
• Fixed steamclient.dll importing a function not available on Win2k
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed an issue on Windows 2000 requiring the SP4 update rollup 1 package to be installed for Steam to run
  
• Fixed in-game overlay generating spurious D3D11 debug runtime warnings about CSSetUnorderedAccessViews when running on downlevel hardware
  
• Fix regression causing a crash on exit in the in-game overlay
  
• Small startup performance optimization to not initialize settings dialog data until needed
  
• Fix the you have been logged in elsewhere dialog to not leave Steam in a broken state on Cancel
  
• Support for a forthcoming news URL format change
  
• Fixed Retail not prompting for a CD key when creating a new account
  
• Fixed VGUI crashing when the number of panels was very large (ie, for users with huge friends/clan membership lists)
  
• Decreased number of VGUI panels active at once for friends list
  
• Decreased the time it takes Steam to launch some games
  
• Fixed memory leak when resizing in-game overlay web browser
  
• Fixed potential failure or client hang when failing talking to content server directory servers
  
• Fixed overlapping text for pending group invites in the friends list invites section
  
• Fixed error message “You don't currently have any games ready to backup..” when restoring a previous game backup
  
• Fixed Cloud changing last modified times on clouded files.
  
• Fixed the Cloud sync transfer rate display in list view
  
• Steamworks - Fixed case where building an installer could randomly fail due to an error in the Microsoft crypto library