skeletonbow: In terms of features, functionality, stability and all around code quality though, the Steam client IMHO is by far the best piece of software of the bunch.
Since you seem to know your Steam, how can I make the tiny text on the Steam client bigger? My desktop is 1920x1080 on a 17" screen, and the tiny text is quite hard to read, at least without glasses. I mean like the view where it lists my games, or all the options menus etc.
I have the same problem also within Team Fortress 2 ever since the latest update, as now the Community Servers are listed in a window with tiny text.
I don't want to use BIg Picture mode (isn't that a simplified interface for TV users?), nor do I want to lower my desktop resolution in order to make everything bigger on the screen.
Then again, I recall Galaxy having a similar issue, at least when viewing the GOG homepages through it. Why can't these clients have the same functionality to zoom the view like all web browsers do (or then that option is hidden somewhere)?
As for this Ubisoft offer... I might jump into it if they release something interesting (for free) that I don't already have on e.g. GOG. I see like 0 reason to obtain Sands of Time on UPlay, when I have a perfectly working version already elsewhere, especially one that doesn't require a client. The same thing like EA Origin offering Wing Commander games etc. for free.
Good for those who don't have those games yet, I guess.