[games_access] Steam - only usable with mouse?

[Dirk van Sloten]

In that casem my apologies.
In my opinion the Steam interface is pretty bad in general. However, it has seen some improvements recently. Still, they're relatively new.

The only thing I'm able to do with just the keyboard right now is the select already installed games with the up and down arrows, start a selected game with the enter key,  and TAB into the search field (which will search only in installed games). This is on Mac OS X It might be different on a Windows machine, but I doubt it will be much better.

A friendly email to Steam with some suggestions might be received well by them.

Dirk van Sloten, M.S.



On Apr 13, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:

Hi,

oh I did not mean the games.
I ment the platform. The installation and download of games in steam.

Best regards,
Sandra

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Auftrag von Dirk van Sloten
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. April 2011 14:33
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Betreff: Re: [games_access] Steam - only usable with mouse?

This depends entirely on the game you play. Some games I purchased through
steam (i.e. magicka) I play with a logitech gamepad, or keyboard.

Dirk van Sloten, M.S.

Sent from my iPhone.

On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:23, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use Steam with the keyboard.
> I wanted to install a game, but it did not work.
> 
> Do I have to know some special keys?
> 
> Best regards,
> Sandra
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