breaking the new steam chat

[Sargent Q]

I found this just by googling but i cant find the link again.

basically just gotta go into your files, find the .exe that launches steam 

Its here for me

once you find that, send it as a shortcut to the desktop, then edit the "target" field (it should read "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" or similar), after what is in the target field add " -nofriendsui" (no quote marks).

like this

sadly you'll have to launch steam from said shortcut in order to cancel out the new UI.


this is obviously just one way, and not necessarily the best way.
if there's a better way feel free to share.

Firstly, you should remove the apostrophe in the first spoiler (can't open it), secondly, what's wrong with the new layout?

Lets see...

First off its much harder to actually see who's online. Especially due to that fact that i do use the sort options for my house.

It uses the sort option and than right below lists everyone even those already listed.

It lags out on notifying me. Yesterday i got notified about a chat message that had been sent the night before.

It can be very hard to actually track down who messaged you. On event nights, i tend to have 10-20 chats open and if i don't see the popup in game, i have to look through each one instead of using what was there before to just look at everyone who is messaging you and see which ones have new replies.