Wow, it's quite buggy on first load. When I launched news/games for the first time, it hung for about 20 seconds. It's fine now, but that's something they need to fix.

Overall though, it's better than the previous system. I like that I can deal with my invites from the steam friends window, browse the store faster, and enjoy a prettier interface.

However, although the gradient banding isn't noticeable on my screen unless I put my nose next to the monitor, it's still annoying that it exists. I'm also not so keen on the grey logo

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The old one always stood out more on my taskbar, and didn't fade into the background like the new one. I also agree with Vox regarding the chat problem, I hope other people have suggested that to the developers.