Steam Client Beta Available

: This beta has been released. For information on the latest Steam Betas, visit the Steam Client Beta group There's a new Steam Beta client available. To access the Beta, go to File -> Settings. On the Account tab press the Change... button to open the Beta Participation dialog. Then Select "Steam Beta Update", and allow Steam to restart itself. Here are the specific changes:- Fixed layout of installation wizard when installing multiple apps.- Fixed rare occurrence of prompting a user to accept the same Steam Subscriber Agreements multiple times.- Big Picture: Added support for notifying the user when logging into an account that has already logged in on another machine- Big Picture: Fixed bug where chat notifications might not be displayed when in game.- Big Picture: Fixed possibly displaying multiple countdown timers in the store- Big Picture: Fixed loading animations disappearing before loading was complete- Big Picture: Fixed crash when entering Big Picture mode while in a voice chat- Linux: add support for custom Steam library folders- Linux: fix bug w/notifications stealing focus- Linux: fix bug that caused text to be entered backwards in edit fields- Linux: fix overlay crash w/Amnesia: The Dark Descent Demo- Linux: fix overlay crash w/The Critter Chronicles- Linux: fix "Retrieve A Lost Account" wizard causing steam to minimize- Linux: fix Turkish characters showing up correctly in Steam updater window- Linux: remove game icons when removing a game- Linux: fix bug causing menus to close when a sub-menu closes- Linux: fix bug with usernames ending with '.'- Linux: fix bug w/Steam changing global mouse cursor theme1/11/2013- Fixed stopping game installation when pressing cancel button in installation wizard- Fixed crashing when initiating a voice chat (present in previous beta)- Disabled trade menu item in multi-user chats- Big Picture: Fixed potentially losing input focus while searching the store- Big Picture: Fixed size of main menu UI sometimes being incorrect when navigating backward in the store- Big Picture: Added displaying a list of all DLC for an application in the store- Big Picture: Fixed copied text range sometimes being incorrect if you selected the text to copy in a backwards direction via the mouse- Linux: Fixed being unable to navigate to Community button in Big Picture menu with gamepad/kb arrow keys- Linux: Improved perf during screen transitions in Big Picture (fewer OGL FBO object create/free operations)- Linux: Fix steam starting again when exiting- Linux: fix visible window re-positioning bug on Gnome desktop- Linux: resize icons appropriately when adding icon to non-steam games- Linux: fix case that allowed two radio buttons to be selected- Big Picture: Added list of favorite and popular Guides to library and overlay1/15/2013- Fixed retail disc install error “missing app configuration”- Big Picture: Support closing URL open dialog in friends chats with cancel hotkey/button- Big Picture: Fix favorite counts not updating in all games view when you add/remove favorites prior to next restart- Big Picture: Fix pending friend invites showing up as background of community rather than actual friends- Big Picture: Improve perf loading community tab background/friends list- Big Picture: Fix rendering issue with some panels with rounded corners and box shadows with –fulldesktopres command line param- Big Picture: When in the main Steam view (not in-game overlay) support clicking notification toasts to activate- Big Picture: Fix footer in main Steam window being disabled while a game is running even if you alt-tab back out to Steam- Big Picture: Fixed missing string in delete local content confirmation for applications- Big Picture: Fixed friend and group chats scrolling to bottom on new message even when you are actively trying to scroll the chat yourself- Big Picture: Fixed mouse wheel scrolling of carousels sometimes getting stuck on leftmost panel- Linux: Steam creates bad Desktop file on systems with localized Desktop directory- Linux: Big Picture: Fix a bug in with text wrapping when it shouldn’t on Linux