transparency - the real thing

[Biju Chacko]

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:25:20 -0700, 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

Gee, it looks like XFce. :)

> 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?

What a waste of CPU cycles :)

I think X has got some level of support for alpha blending (ie
transparency). I think KDE 3 has transparent menus. I guess the toolkits
need to support it or something.

I guess Olivier would know more about it.

-- b

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