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An alternate timeline (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] EherNicht@feddit.org 58 points 10 months ago

This just hits hard

[–] noobface@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Can't even get HL3 on an alternate timeline.

[–] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We might be living in the timeline that gets HL3. A recent leak from a VA's resume suggests that it might be in development.

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[–] atocci@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can we return to Aero? Is that too much to ask?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I've been long enough on this place that I know you can get similar effects on Linux

(not mine, found on image search)

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

first screenshot doesn't look like aero at all tbh. second one more so. this is the most accurate port I know of tho https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma

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[–] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

It's pretty easy! This is my desktop right now. I do like it a liiitle less gaudy and my mac use at work means that I prefer my window controls on the left instead of the right.

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Skip aero. Let's go back to compiz fusion and deskcubes.

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

New KDE brought the cube back!

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm rocking a desktop octagon with two monitors with all the fancy window animations on and still using less ram that windows on idle lol.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh fuck. We need themes on steam client

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can. They are called skins though.

[–] snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apparently official skin support no longer exists but Millennium for Steam looks like an unofficial tool that can be used for skins.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I used to mess about with it but it became too much because Steam updates so damn much.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fucking Steam always getting shittier with each update! Why can't they be better like Microsoft's XBox Store or DRM free like Epic Games?!

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Comment from the alternate timeline

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago

Crazy how Microsoft sold of their XBox brand to Sega, conserding that this single handetly made Sega the biggest video gaming company world wide!

[–] Gyroplast@pawb.social 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What kind of soulless psychopath leaves a window of this size unmaximized is the real question here. Also, a horizontal scrollbar in the main section, able to scroll maybe 8 pixels total to see some more of the glorious empty padding, could have been a nice touch as a consequence of the "unintended" window size.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm sure they didn't think of the window police.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I try not to let my nostalgia get the better of me, but god damn I really miss when everything looked like this.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm older than you, but I preferred Windows XP style, it was better without the confusing ribbon bar.

[–] Xer0@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Loved XP and loved Windows 7. Haven't like a single Windows OS since.

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[–] no_im_doesnt@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I'm with you - the nostalgia is fun. I installed https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 as a joke, and I'm still using it a year later...

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Poke 👉

[–] marker2002@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Poke 👉

[–] Someplaceunknown@fedia.io 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Poke 👉

[–] RacoonVegetable@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Poke 👉

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Poke 👉

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Oh man, that formatting nostalgia hit.

[–] unfnknblvbl@beehaw.org 18 points 10 months ago

I love how all the reactions to this are either "I love this" and "this is cursed beyond belief"

I personally would get a kick out of this as a skin for occasional use...

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Needs to be running on Linux to make it perfect.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 10 months ago

Well atleast for Gnome we have AdwSteamGTK which make Steam fit seemingly into LibAdwaita.

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

can someone make this a thing somehow?

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Didn't Steam have skins/themes back in the day?

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

They're still out there technically, but they get jankier every year. The new UI they released... last year? put the nail in the coffin for a lot of the fancy ones, but there are still options out there to skin your Steam UI.

[–] julysfire@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Hate it for the current day but gives off strong nostalgia vibes

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you do one of these for Windows 3.1 or 95? That would be sweet!

Honestly, I hate steam (the client) so much. I have a fair sized library of games that I never play because it’s just torture to me to start that abomination of a program. Why the fuck couldn’t they give it a simple, clean, elegant, native UI that doesn’t treat my battery with wanton disrespect?

[–] sigurdtheone@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have a look at Playnite, it might be a better fit for you, also includes other stores.

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[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think I speak for everyone when I say

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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[–] ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think Trinity Desktop Environment looks very similar to this.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Does anyone have that skin?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that those three buttons would be in the statusbar. "Add a Game" would be in the sidepane "Games", "Manage Downloads" and "Friends and Chat" would be a view (in the sidepane) instead of a button.

but overall, a damn beautiful interface :)

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Frutiger Aero from Windows Vista and 7 was the peak of UI design.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 12 points 10 months ago

It was so much more welcoming and fun. Sure it sucks at scalability but that's easily resolved with proper vector graphics.

[–] StormWalker@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

I loved this theme! I remember upgrading from XP to Vista Aero (later win7) and being blown away! Aero based themes are still my favorite. Windows 8 and 10 looked cheap and boring.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

Perfect choice of game to display this

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Nightmare fuel

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