Steam Beta Client Updated

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Updates have been made tonight to the ongoing Steam beta client.

• Fixed a bug where the in-game overlay web browser could hang the overlay process
  
  
• Fixed GTA4 backups not restoring correctly
  
  
• Fixed several cases where matchmaking wouldn’t work in Left 4 Dead in using Café accounts
  
  
• Changed Friends to be enabled for Café accounts
  
  
• Removed ‘view invites’ dialog on startup, now clicking on a group/user invite toast will take you directly to the Community control page
  
  
• Fixed Javascript not always working in the in-game overlay web browser
  
  
• Fixed guest passes not showing immediately in games list
  
  
• Fixed case where a user would be told a guest pass had expired after they had bought the full game

If you're already in the beta, the update will be automatically applied. If you are not yet in the beta, opt-in via the Steam settings and report all bugs here.

[CSN NewsBot]

Steam Beta Client Updated

A small update came out today for the currently ongoing Steam beta.

• Fixed javascript confirm() messageboxes not showing up in the client

Awesome. Check out the list of changes to date that have been made since the beta began back on December 12, 2008.[break="changes, nothing more than changes"]

12/12/2008


• Updated game overlay web browser to support generic web browsing, including web sites that use flash
  
  
• Fixed games list scrolling behavior with pageup/pagedown and mouse wheel
  
  
• Many back-end Steamworks changes in preparation for a Steamworks SDK update
  
  
  
  12/13/2008
  
  
• Fixed crash when launching Half-Life 2 64-bit
  
  
  
  12/15/2008
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the in-game overlay web browser could hang the overlay process
  
  
• Fixed GTA4 backups not restoring correctly
  
  
• Fixed several cases where matchmaking wouldn’t work in Left 4 Dead in using Café accounts
  
  
• Changed Friends to be enabled for Café accounts
  
  
• Removed ‘view invites’ dialog on startup, now clicking on a group/user invite toast will take you directly to the Community control page
  
  
• Fixed Javascript not always working in the in-game overlay web browser
  
  
• Fixed guest passes not showing immediately in games list
  
  
• Fixed case where a user would be told a guest pass had expired after they had bought the full game
  
  
  
  12/16/2008
  
  
• Fixed case of being switched out (alt-tabbed) when clicking on certain URLs in the in-game web broswer
  
  
  
  12/24/2008
  
  
• Improved Steam Windows Service restart logic in serveral places
  
  
  
  12/31/2008
  
  
• Fixed javascript confirm() messageboxes not showing up in the client