On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 06:25, Net Llama! wrote: > A coworker just got a sexy new Mac Powerbook, and had me drooling over how > gorgeous the entire OSX UI is. But what really blew me away was the fact > that OSX can do _real_ window transparency, like this: > > http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Showcase/screen_shots/03.28.CocoaNTerminal.jpg > > That means that every window can be transparent to whatever is behind it. > Not just the (now) cheap hacks that we see with linux terms, where you get > the background image, and nothing else. > > Or maybe someone can prove me wrong. Is there linux functionality that > will give me true transparency?
On KDE 3.1, this is sort of possible. All menus can be transparent. It is actually useful sometimes when pull-down menus cover the work you need the menu for. So, you do not need to get rid of and bring back the menu if you need to consult on-screen info to make a decision in the menu. The only other transparent app I know of is eterm. As OSX is using XFree86 (right?), some Linux desktop could also provide this. I am not sure if transparency is an X thing now. I seem to recall reading that. IMO, I like the transparent menus. But not all windows. I quickly got bored with transparent eterm. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
