pauℓzurrr. Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I was messing around with the sidebar gadgets, and i found out that the stock gadget uses the transparent window frame thing. How does this work on the gadget but not on windows frames itself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37732-aero-gadget/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 because it's just transparency that's not hardware accelerated using aero. Notice how there's no blur underneath the widget? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37732-aero-gadget/#findComment-268689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauℓzurrr. Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 Ok, anychange you can use something like that on the windows frames? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37732-aero-gadget/#findComment-268692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFNITE Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I dont know for Vista, but for XP, softwares like WindowBlinds has Aero-like skins with transparency for window borders. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37732-aero-gadget/#findComment-269138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidplasmaflow Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) The Gadgets on the Sidebar use PNG images for their transparency. It doesn't require any hardware acceleration, so it can run on any machine. The way DWM (the engine that renders Aero windows with glass borders) renders windows requires hardware acceleration. To answer your question, there's currently no way to use DWM or Aero on a computer that doesn't support it with the hardware. You used to be able to force it into software acceleration mode, but that feature has been removed. Also, Stardock (the makers of WindowBlinds) is currently developing WindowBlinds for Vista. If you're looking for more information on Vista, click the link on my sig Edited January 6, 2007 by liquidplasmaflow Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37732-aero-gadget/#findComment-269286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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