 MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | [WIN8] I miss Aero I suppose I will get used to it but I really miss Aero in Windows 8. Everything feels so flat, blocky and lifeless. |
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 PaoloMr. Wireless
join:2004-05-29
canada | aero like the bubble thing that pops up when you hoover your mouse over a task bar icon? i thought windows 8 has no task bar icons no more? how can they make areo work for it
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 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2
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»windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/wind···ows-Aero
I'm totally going to miss it if / when I start using W8 on a desktop...
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | I sort of feel like I'm back to using Windows 3.1. I guess people that had a death grip on Win2K might like this 
I recall the desktop looking better in the beta than it does in the final. |
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 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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said by Michail:I suppose I will get used to it but I really miss Aero in Windows 8. Everything feels so flat, blocky and lifeless.
yeah... it takes about a day to realize you're supposed to be using the stuff inside the window borders Seriously, you do get used to it.
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Funny thing is, taskbar is translucent. |
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JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA Reviews:
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| said by Razzy1 :Funny thing is, taskbar is translucent.
I've got taskbar on autohide anyway. I never see it.
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 plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | reply to Michail
I installed and played with the Release Preview, and I remember Aero still being in it. And, by Aero, I mean the glass effect of the windows, the pop-up small thumbnail display when you would mouse over running applications in the task bar.
However, I think it was called something else...like "glass theme" or something. I had to go into the display settings or something to turn that effect on. I don't have the Windows 8 Release preview installed now, so I cannot get the exact wording or location.
So, it makes me wonder if the same is true in the RTM of Windows 8? The option may be there, just called something else?
--Brian
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darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2 | Maybe... (I don't have it installed currently either) but everyone posted in mid-May how about how it had actually been removed and made it sound like it was actually gone, not just hidden...
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 sivranOpera convertPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Michail
I think the only thing actually missing is the faux-3D, flipping-through-your-windows alt-tab effect.
But then I never used Vista/7 much.
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Try Classic Shell.
It will help.
»classicshell.sourceforge.net/
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Wunning it on Win8 RTM and it helps me a lot.
Dave
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plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | reply to Michail
Glass Look example #1 | | 
Glass Look example #2 | 
Aero | | 
Window Color & Appearance Options | 
Non-Aero Theme Color Options | 
Control Panel Search |
Once the install was done, and I went to my desktop, I noticed that the bar at the bottom had the "glass effect" enabled, as I could see through the bar to the desktop behind it. My first two pictures show this.
I then opened a few items, and moused over the running items in the task bar at the bottom, and noticed that "aero peek" (or whatever you want to call it) still works. This is shown in my 3rd picture.
Finally, the setting that I was talking about is shown in my 4th picture. The option is "Enable Transparency". While the full path is shown in the bar at the top, how I got there was
1) Right-Click on the desktop and select "Personalize"
2) Left-Click on the "Windows Color" icon near the bottom of the screen
By default (again, in the Release Preview) the option for "Enable transparency" was checked. I did not have to do anything to enable this.
I also want to add that in the "Personalization" window, there are two Aero Themes listed. If I select one of the other themes (under Basic and High Contract Themes), and try to enable / disable the same option (Enable transparency), the option is not present. In fact, the screen looks different (See picture #5). So, there is something in the "Theme" that allows that option to be there.
Since I don't have access to any of the Windows 8 RTM's, I am not able to verify that these steps and settings work the same way, or if the Aero Themes are present or not.
But, I did want to point out how the Windows 8 Release Preview was working, so that those that are running a RTM version of Windows 8 could go look and see what options are there.
Finally, I am wondering what comes up in the Windows 8 RTM versions if you type "Enable Transp" into the search box for the control panel. In the Release Preview, I get what is shown in my last picture. Of course, if I am not running the Aero theme, when I click on the option, I get the same screen that I referenced before, without the checkbox for "Enable Transparency". Yet what is interesting is that the text below the words "Personalization" does say "Enable or disable transparent glass on windows".
The bottom line that I'm trying to figure out / point out is that in the Release Preview, the options are there for the "Aero effect", which I'm going to say are the "Glass effect of the Windows, and the ability to "peek" at things that are running in the task bar". I am thinking that those running a Windows 8 RTM search for "Glass effect" or "Enable Transparent", you may get something. Or, maybe not, if they really did take it out.
--Brian
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Sort of glassy look on taskbar | | 
No glass effect on windows | | 
Aero peek, but still no glass | | 
No option to enable transparency | 
No transparency submenu |
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 RyanPremium
join:2001-03-03
Quincy, MA | You sure your video drivers are compatible? I had the same issue with the release preview until I updated to the nvidia beta drivers. That said something may have changed since then, but I doubt it. |
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JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA Reviews:
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I am running RTM. Taskbar is transparent. Window borders not. No settings available to enable transparent windows. Not a driver issue, enabling this feature was removed, but you can get it by doing this dance:
»www.tips-trick.com/how-to-enable···ndows-8/
»www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?p=13100285
The transparency seems pretty flaky - it's pure transparent or not, any change undoes the transparency
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MichailPremium
join:2000-08-02
Boynton Beach, FL
kudos:1 | reply to Michail
I'll get used to it over time. I recall the betas of the Win 8 desktop looked better. I sort of feel like I'm using one of those high contrast schemes.
I suppose I should say "I miss Aero Glass" to be technically correct. |
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I seem to recall Microsoft gutted Aero at some point after the betas, which may be why most people remember glass being there before and not now. |
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 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | reply to Michail
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWt94nGwzZ4
If this fails to work for you... don't worry. Windows 7 with REAL Aero will always be here for ya.  |
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