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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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM

Vista Virtual Desktop Manager
22 August 07 10:49 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

I recently discovered this project over on codeplex . It's a virtual desktop manager for Windows Vista that uses the live thumbnail preview API's exposed by the Desktop Window Manager. It's still very beta, but a great example of some of the innovation Read More...

Filed under: Windows Vista, DWM

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM, DWM API

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM, Apple

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM, DWM API

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM

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: Aero, Windows Vista, DWM, DWM API

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: Work, Aero, Windows Vista, DWM