Browse by Tags

All Tags » Aero   (RSS)
Keeping the taskbar transparent when your deskband is enabled
22 January 08 03:51 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   
If you have code that implements a deskband for the Windows Taskbar in Windows Vista, you may have noticed that it causes the taskbar to appear opaque when there is not a maximized window open, instead of being transparent, but darkly tinted which is Read More...
Filed under: , ,
Mary Jo Foley says Leopard looks like Windows Vista
14 June 07 11:46 AM | KamVedBrat | 3 Comments   
When we did the visuals for Vista, we worked really hard to get a to a look and feel that was streamlined, efficient, and modern. We knew people would compare what we're doing to what other companies do, but I never expected this . Read More...
Filed under: ,
Scott Hanselman looks at Vista task switching applications
18 April 07 11:42 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
Scott wrote a quick review of some different Task Switching applications that have been written for Windows Vista using the new window thumbnail preview API's that are part of Windows Vista's desktop composition system. Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
Why Intel 915 graphics don’t have a WDDM driver for Windows Vista
03 April 07 10:36 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
A common question among folks who are upgrading to Windows Vista on slightly older notebooks, tablet PC's, and UMPC's is why the Intel 915 graphics chipset doesn't have WDDM support, as WDDM support is a prerequisite for Desktop Composition. The folks Read More...
Filed under: , ,
iTunes & Quicktime and Aero
07 March 07 11:40 AM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   
I made a post about a year ago regarding how some applications have a side effect of disabling Aero. While it is still possible to create applications that have this side-effect (due to the underlying problem of applications accessing the primary display Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
Back on Channel 9!
26 January 07 03:04 PM | KamVedBrat | 5 Comments   
In late December, I sat down for another interview on Channel 9 . It took a little while to "bake" over the holidays, but it finally got posted about a week ago. I know some folks are asking for the source code for the demo that was shown, you can download Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
USA Today on the Windows Vista Upgrade Experience
26 January 07 11:43 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
In the USA Today Personal Technology Column this week, Ed Baig talks about his experience upgrading to Windows Vista . He has some really complementary comments about Aero in this write-up: The Aero interface is handsome. Users will appreciate translucent Read More...
Filed under: , ,
Instant Viewer & Intellipoint Software for Windows Vista
18 January 07 02:37 PM | KamVedBrat | 5 Comments   
The new Intellipoint Software for Windows Vista has a great feature that builds on the DWM API called "Instant Viewer". It allows you to remap the click-wheel to bring up a grid view of all your open Windows like this: Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
Report on the performance impact of Desktop Composition
06 January 07 02:26 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
Ars Technica picked up a report on a study on Windows Vista performance that was conducted at Principled Technologies, a technology assessment company in North Carolina. There's lots of good data in the study about the performance of Windows Vista on Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
Heuristics for enabling Aero
08 December 06 02:27 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   
If you're a system builder or just building a pc for yourself, and you want to make sure that your PC can run Aero, you'll be interested in this document . It describes the heuristics the operating system uses to enable Aero, and outlines some troubleshooting Read More...
Filed under: , ,
DPI Scaling in Windows Vista
02 December 06 08:30 PM | KamVedBrat | 3 Comments   
Someone posted a question via the blog recently asking about how Windows Vista supports high DPI displays. Here's a quick summary of how it all works: You can find the DPI settings in Windows Vista by right click'ing on the desktop and selecting "Personalize", Read More...
colorization improvements for maximized windows
06 October 06 12:04 AM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   
One question (complaint really) we've gotten for quite some time with Windows Vista has been that customers who select a custom color for their windows lose that color when the window is maximized. Well - we fixed that - the next RC build of Windows Vista Read More...
Filed under: , ,
exposé using DWM API
25 September 06 11:37 AM | KamVedBrat | 3 Comments   
Greg Schecter has been blogging extensively about the DWM API's in Windows Vista lately. It's definitely worth a look, as he does a great job outlining the possibility of what you can do using the DWM on Windows Vista. One great example I saw recently Read More...
Filed under: , ,
Dissecting my WinHEC talk
06 July 06 02:35 PM | KamVedBrat | 2 Comments   
I got an email recently about a post on a third-party discussion board regarding my talk at WinHEC. This made me chuckle. I assume it’s the zoom-in on the caption buttons that’s being questioned there. I’m pretty sure if you look up my slide deck from Read More...
Filed under: , , ,
Page view tracker