[NEW RELEASE] Tophaz 0.3

August 28, 2008

v 0.3 codename: crystal bender

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Description:

Small program that adds various window effects that can be adjusted by user. Currently, those are:

-transparency effects, with fading

-transparency change of non-active window

-taskbar and start menu transparency(no fading)

-contrast screen

-jelly effects

-window kinetics while moving

-window bouncing

-window resilience - acting like made from jelly during resize

Known issues:

[*]after exciting program - not all programs turn back opaque if transparency effects were enabled - but that's mentioned in options

[*]sometimes some windows might stop responding to opacity change command [usually after rapid change from non-supported ones]

[*]sometimes ram usage rises rapidly(fast changing windows etc.) - after some time garbage collector takes care of it ^-^ [actually it keeps around 3-7~10 mb on my PC]

[*]Some windows make black flash after restoring - actually it seems to be Windows own behaviour for layered windows.

Changelog:

0.3 codename: crystal bender

*complete rewrite, so everything is new

*changed license

+support all common windows

+added jelly effects: window resilience, bounce and kinetics

+added transparency effect: contrast screen

-removed transparency on mouse leave from current version, shall be added back in 0.4

-removed exception list - will be back in 0.4, though it will be different from 0.2

0.2 codename: sand bender

-slightly optimized CPU and memory usage

-resources optimization - smaller program size by ~4,3 times than last version (1,3mb to 300kb :D)

-new option menu

-new transparency effects - transparency change on mouse leave and taskbar and start menu transparency

-new user can exclude applications from transparency effect

-removed about window, now it's visible under options

0.1 codename: rock bender

-first release

-transparency of non-active windows

Road trip to 0.4

-Making current algorithms more realistic

-Adding exceptions again

-Window grouping

-Some idea I call "warp space"

Road trip to Christmas

-add desktop snow effect ^-^'

Actually developed:

-give me a break...

Tested under: Vista Home Basic

Possibly would also work on: XP, 2000

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License:

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0. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED by ME "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS. YOU USE THIS PROGRAM ON YOUR OWN RISK - BE AWARE THAT IT COULD BURN YOUR PC, DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM AND DATA(+WORK) AND DO ANYTHING ELSE. BY USING IT YOU AGREE TO TAKE ALL POSSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES AND ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN - AND DON'T MAKE ANY CLAIMS TOWARD ME, MY FAMILY, WORLD.

1. SOFTWARE executable can be only available on OFFICIAL

SITE.

1.1. Setups downloading program from OFFICIAL SITE are

exclusion, but require MY approval.

2. This SOFTWARE is freeware for non-commercial use.

3. Reverse engineering is forbidden.

Oh and Toph rox :whistle:

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