Windows once again showed us the door...

[ulrik]

<sarcasm>
http://slashdot.org/ - Fast Alpha-Blending In Your GUI

Just imagine...an OS with transparent GUI elements! Damnit, Microsoft once again showed us the door, Windows, I salut you - a true revolutionary OS! And yes, again, it's Microsoft to do it, to achieve such revolutionary steps in GUI design...

</sarcasm>

I am tempted to tell the guy that in these two years, he could have saved money for a Mac and OS X...

back to WindowShade...

 

[uoba]

I don't know whether to spit or be sick!!

(They really really really really just don't get it do they!!!)

 

[FaRuvius]

a) this pertains to Windows 2000, which was released before OS X.
b) the key element here is that the alpha blending is hardware accelerated.

Now why can't Apple do that?

FaRuvius

 

[zootbobbalu]

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