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Transparencies in RIAs - Flex and Avalon, side by side

I think that when transparencies are used correctly, they make a very nice effect. It looks pleasing to the user, gives a much greater sense of depth and a feeling of being in a 3D space. There are definitely times when transparencies can be overkill, but all...

Tags: Aero Glass, Aero Glass Effect, Tim Sneath, transparency

Blog posts 2006-05-05

Additional Resources

VistaGlazz 1.2 (Windows)

With this simple application you can easily modify your Windows Vista installation to use custom styles and modify your Aero style to use the glass effect on maximized windows. It's a lot easier than patching your system manually. Version 1.2 supports Windows Vista Service Pack 2, has an improved patching...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, CodeGazer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-04

Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA

Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIANobody's getting frozen out. It'll fall back to DX9 if it has to.The DWM won't *require* DX 10.1, but it'll be able to use it if its there. (Actually from what I read in the...

Tags: Video cards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate communications, TigerDirect, DirectX, DirectX 10.1, Microsoft Windows 7, Aero, video card, Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics, Microsoft Windows, NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

First look at Google Chrome

First look at Google ChromeDownloaded and took a look at chromeAnd was immediately struck by just how much annoying advertising crap ZDNet puts on their site.Inadvertently? I vote on purpose.Inadvertently? I vote on purpose. I'd believe "inadvertently" if Chrome were released a month later - but a [b]day[/b] later? No,...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Google Chrome, First Look, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Blackboard's Groundhog Day pledge to open source

Blackboard's Groundhog Day pledge to open sourceDana's liesThis post is in reference to an earlier article http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=923The above article is mostly regarding upgrading OS's.If given a PC with Linux (or *nix) would the author Dana Blankehorn or for that matter another layman be able to upgrade the OS. ...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OpenOffice, UNIX, Dana, open source, Older PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

HP TouchSmart PC IQ770

If two days from this posting, Apple announces a touch screen iMac at its 2007 MacWorld event, we may have to reconsider this review. Until that happens, HP's new $1,779 TouchSmart PC IQ770 is our all-in-one family PC of choice. You probably wouldn't want to make it your main PC...

Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Monitors & displays, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., TouchSmart PC, touch screen, Microsoft Windows Vista

Product reviews 2007-01-08

Vista beta sucks up battery juice

Vista beta sucks up battery juiceSucks used in title for flaming purposes?anyway, yes, extra processes and shiny effects will do that, put more overhead on a system. A fancy new graphics card may put more heat in a system, requiring a big honky fan or a big passive heatsink,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista, laptop computer, battery, Vista Beta, battery juice, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-02

Microsoft Vista conference call notes

Yesterday was my first conference call with Microsoft since finally installing Vista. In fact, since first installing Vista, I've reinstalled it about four times. As my testing continues and new builds are released, we'll continue to do these calls in order to get whatever questions I have...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, User Access Protection

Blog posts 2005-09-23