They still have a little sheen, a pattern that moves when the window is dragged around. The window borders are not featureless if transparency is turned off. This is the same window with transparency turned off:

This is what Internet Explorer looks like with transparency turned on: The feature is called “Transparency” and it can be turned off without affecting anything else. It’s an interesting and attractive effect but it can make the title bar of your programs difficult to read and it doesn’t really add anything to the process of getting work done. The wallpaper shows through behind the taskbar as well. Each window onscreen has a translucent border that allows the background to show through. One of Aero’s effects can be distracting. Aero harnesses the video power in the current generation of motherboards and video cards to produce the thumbnail window previews that appear when you hover over taskbar icons, along with subtle animations and many more effects. This week I’ll describe a few that might fit a few people and be unimportant for others.Īlmost everyone runs Windows 7 with Aero enabled. There are thousands of ways to customize Windows 7.