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Steam client update released

Client Update - Valve

Jan 10, 2008

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:

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Added a new chat introduction dialog which is shown when you are first contacted by a potentially unfamiliar group member
Added several new account security warnings to Friends
Added the ability for the client to connect to multiple content servers and improved download pipelining
Added "View Forum" option to the right click menu for individual games
Fixed friends going auto-away when they are really active and typing
Possible fix for games sometimes disappearing from the games tab
Fix for non-Steam games getting permanently removed from Steam if the data fails to load on startup
Fixed the in-game overlay becoming slow/unresponsive for some users after playing for several minutes or more
Fixed the in-game overlay failing to come up for Windows 2000 users
Improved in-game overlay compatibility with ATI Tool (video card tuning software)

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