Labyrinth Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 What I want seems very simple, and absolutely possible, but I cannot find an implementation anywhere! First here is what I want described in text: 100% TRANSPARENT window BACKGROUND, 100% OPAQUE window TEXT Especially for "Notepad" and "My Computer". Here are some images with obnoxious red labeling done in mspaint to explain what I mean: Are you telling me that this is IMPOSSIBLE with Windows XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta_immersion Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 for windows yes (look at vista) ... for *nix not so much ..... is implementation most of all .... or so i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 dont you have anything else to worry about? XP was not designed with transparency in mind... so blame glass 2k for its failure to provide transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labyrinth Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 dont you have anything else to worry about? Irrelevant. XP was not designed with transparency in mind... The question is how to implement this in XP, not whether or not XP is designed for it (I think we all know the answer to that). so blame glass 2k for its failure to provide transparency. Glass2k is, in my opinion the best of the "garden variety" transparency implementations in XP. I would like to move beyond this though and it should be possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTETHISACCOUNT Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Welcome to Neowin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruti Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 is there a program to do that in vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiqHead Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Dumbest thread ever..... shame shame :whistle: Pay for WindowBlinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 You'd have to use windowblinds and find a skin that does this. Only way you're going to be able to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labyrinth Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Dumbest thread ever..... shame shame. Pay for WindowBlinds. Windows Blinds cannot do this in XP. If you believe otherwise then prove me wrong. Glad to hear that you helped fund their serious over commercialism though. You'd have to use windowblinds and find a skin that does this. Only way you're going to be able to do this. I disagree. See above. I will find a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted September 4, 2008 Veteran Share Posted September 4, 2008 ...XP was not designed with transparency in mind... so blame glass 2k for its failure to provide transparency. Sure it was, Windows 2000 and up supports layered windows, You can either go the full way and provide a 8bit alpha channel, or set a transparency key and have only that colour render transparent (This method is even simpler and was supported in 9x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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