Humble gets Humble, Steampipes Changed

Lately, Humble Bundle has been getting some flak for their new download system, that took away the users ability to gift extra copies. The policy has always been "Your keys are for your own personal use, do not share them," However, this did not stop people from doing it anyway, it can even be argued one of the things that makes the Humble Bundle such a great thing is the numerous free games from people giving out their extra copies or copies they simply don't want. Yeah, the passing of not being able to get a single game for free when you can usually get it and more for way under what its worth isn't really that big of a deal, but it can be argued that they are your games and you should be able to do as you please with them. However with Humble's new gifting system, to gift a game, all you have to do is click the gift icon next to the game and give the giftee the link. While this isn't as straightforward as merely giving the key, this allows all bundle games to be gifted, not just ones that aren't a single key. What better way to celebrate then using steams new download system?
Previously, if you wanted to download a game while playing another, you had to start the download, launch the game, alt+tab out of it, pause the download, unpause the download and then alt+tab back into your game. This made it a hassle to do something that should be simple. I mean, what better to do while you wait for a game to download than play another? However with Steam's newest update, you can do precisely that. This of course is a game by game basis, in case you dont want Steam's CPU-intensive and bandwidth-hogging downloading happening while you are playing a particular game. Some other new features are allowing you to choose what time of day you want steam to automatically update games, as well as some new download regions in Canada. Here are the complete patch notes below:
General
Add ability to limit what time of day Steam is allowed to automatically update apps
Add option to let other games download while a game is running (this is a per-game setting)
Add download regions for Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa in Canada
Add 'Copy all text to clipboard' context menu option in the System Information dialog.
Steam client UI
Improve downloading status text at the bottom of the main window
Big Picture
Added ability to opt into game betas and edit launch options
Added Inbox item under Linux if your machine requires a reboot due to OS level updates
Fix infinite loop of Cloud sync error dialogs on game launch
Fixed mouse cursor being visible during startup animation even if it hadn't moved
Linux
Fix paste pasting stale text.
Fix Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V in client-hosted web page text controls.
Fix incorrect foregrounding of a blank window in some -silent startup cases.
Posted 08-11-2013, 02:54
I'm quite happy with that. It tells me instantly if I already own the game or I can redeem it.