"If you're looking for some of the transparency that Vista's interface uses, you can buy tools that apply various see-through effects to Windows (such as the Actual Transparent Window from Actual Tools)."
Scott Dunn,
"Why Wait for Vista?",
June 2006 issue of PC World magazine
Actual Transparent Window is an innovative Windows® shell enhancement which allows to set any level of transparency for any particular window in the system.
With Actual Transparent Window it is very easy to organize the simultaneously opened windows. It is a truly new approach to desktop space organization. Now you do not have to minimize and restore windows every time. Along with common techniques of switching between windows Actual Transparent Window offers the depth-based window ordering thanks to a fully customizable transparency levels that are saved individually for each window. When a brilliant idea is combined with a good realization, the results are outstanding!
Actual Transparent Window is intended for a broad range of Windows® users who value their time and long for an aesthetic pleasure of modern computing. Windows® is multifunctional, and sometimes we work with several different applications. While typing something in Microsoft Word you need, for example, to follow some information in your Internet browser. Push Win+T (toggle transparency), and the desired window becomes transparent, and you will solve your task easily. Besides, usage of semi-transparent windows reduces the negative effect on your eyes!

Actual Transparent Window (http://www.actualtools.com/files/atwsetup.exe)

Version : 4.4

File Size : 3.51 Mb

Licence : (Shareware)

Limiation : 60 days

Language : English

For : Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

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