glass effect

There’s a renewed sense of nostalgia among Windows enthusiasts, and it’s not just because of classic games or iconic sound schemes—visual design, too, is making a comeback. The buzz around “Aero Glass” effects, a hallmark of Windows Vista and Windows 7, has reignited curiosity since Apple...

Windows Vista may not have been the darling of its generation, but its translucent Aero graphics remain one of the most influential—and enduring—moments in user interface history. Microsoft’s ill-fated operating system has long been remembered for its frustrating performance, confusing security...

Hi, Ive had a problem when installing full glass themes in the past with the pop out window in programs remaining non transparent or not taking the full glass effect of the theme. Does anyone know why this is and how to fix it so it goes transparent like the rest of the theme? And there is the...

A set of icons I made when I first got Windows 7 as an experiment in being able to see the full Album or Film cover. I then decided to go with the glass effect (Vista) folders and so dropped this project. Link Removed due to 404 Error I'd originally posted these elsewhere and subsequently...

So when I try to change current theme to another, after switch aero seems to go off and glass effects disappear. I also can't edit colors of window bars since it then shows only settings which work with Windows traditional look, i.e. not that color mixer etc. I googled some instructions and...

I've had Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista (32 & later 64bit) and now just installed Windows 7 (64bit). I've also tried Macs, which are overpiced trash. So far, 7 seems to start up and load various items a bit faster than Vista and I also think the transparent or "glass" visual feature looks...

I'm trying to find a way to allow the white/blank areas of any program to be aero or glass themed like in this screenshot: Link Removed due to 404 Error I already have firefox glassed as well as glass notepad and glass cmd all as separate programs though. I want to be able to just extend aero...

Hi all, i,ve downloaded a new gadget, the continuum gadget, that looks like these: and i want to know if have some way to enable this transparency on all windows of our win7 =) thanks!

Windows Vista February CTP Tips and Tricks Author: Kristan M. Kenney Publication Date: February 23rd, 2006 Co-author: Chris Holmes (Chris123NT). Logging on as Local Administrator If you are having trouble logging on as the built-in Administrator account under 5308, you will need to make...