ui glass maximized transparency behavior

Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

To be honest, I'd rather they stay transparent according to the Intensity setting no matter what the state of the window.
Adahn wrote:

Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

They're working on it... loads of people have complained!
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--- Original message follows --- "Thomas Winwood" wrote in message

To be honest, I'd rather they stay transparent according to the Intensity setting no matter what the state of the window.
Adahn wrote: Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

No, they are not working on it, it is deemed final, expected behaviour. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

They're working on it... loads of people have complained!
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--- Original message follows --- "Thomas Winwood" wrote in message To be honest, I'd rather they stay transparent according to the Intensity setting no matter what the state of the window.
Adahn wrote: Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

What?!? :-o They said on my bug reports that they were looking into this!!
They LIED! :-o
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--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

No, they are not working on it, it is deemed final, expected behaviour. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message They're working on it... loads of people have complained!
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--- Original message follows --- "Thomas Winwood" wrote in message To be honest, I'd rather they stay transparent according to the Intensity setting no matter what the state of the window.
Adahn wrote: Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

I would consider some things to be buggy regarding this, if I maximize a screen on my second monitor, I lose the glass on the side bar and the taskbar.
Steve
"Adahn" wrote in message

Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

That wouldn't surprise me...
-- Nicholas...
"Overclock Your Life, Then The World" "Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

What?!? :-o They said on my bug reports that they were looking into this!!
They LIED! :-o
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message No, they are not working on it, it is deemed final, expected behaviour. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message They're working on it... loads of people have complained!
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--- Original message follows --- "Thomas Winwood" wrote in message To be honest, I'd rather they stay transparent according to the Intensity setting no matter what the state of the window.
Adahn wrote: Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)

Yes, the black borders are simply ugly. I don't see how dirty black goes with clean white...
-- Nicholas...
"Overclock Your Life, Then The World" "Adahn" wrote in message

Instead of blacking out the Taskbar and title bar when a window is maximized, it'd be much more pleasant to just make them 100% opaque while retaining the user-specified color tint and the background of "glass" beams.
(like it is when you max up the Intensity slider in the Color Scheme personalization)