On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:26:56AM -0700, Tim Roberts wrote: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:30:27 +0200, Lars Munch wrote: > > > >I have been playing with the "hello world" example from > >http://www.eax.com/render/HelloX-full.c (which btw dont > >render correctly under XFree86-4.1.0) and translucent > >windows really seams to be a cool feature to add to your > >favorite app. I then searched the net to find apps that > >actually takes advantage of this cool feature, but my > >search came up empty?!? Why is no one using this feature? > >Is it broken? is it to slow? > > It's brand new. The "render" extension, which enables transparent windows and > anti-aliased text, has been available less than a year. Give it time.
Compared to how fast anti-aliased text was integrated in a lot of stuff just made me wonder. I was kind of expecting guys like The Rasterman to use translucent stuff right away. > Further, the extension has to be explicitly supported by the graphics driver, > and not all drivers support it yet. I had a feeling this was the problem. Are there no software fallback? > Even so, it's a gee-whiz feature that probably WON'T be of interest to most > apps. StarOffice, for example, would not benefit from transparent windows. I would for one like to see translucent dropdown menus in StarOffice :-). Regards -- Lars Munch _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
