Windows only: Tiny application Glass CMD for Vista forces command prompt windows to use Aero's glass transparency effect. Once you've downloaded and launched the no-install-required application ...

Aero was a comprehensive overhaul of the entire look and feel of Windows, and it enabled the OS to make use of the new graphical hardware that was common in PCs.

The programmer known as "Bigmuscle" has now released version 1.0 of Aero Glass for Windows 8, allowing people to put in the aero glass look on their Windows 8 desktop.

Liquid glass now looks more like cheap frosted plastic Fruity cargo cult Apple has spent the latest iOS 26 beta dialling down ...

Windows only: All-Glass Firefox v2 extends the super-slick Windows Vista Aero transparency effects to almost every piece of the Firefox interface.

For that, I recommend Aero Glass and transparency for Windows 8.1 —and yes, it works for Windows 10 (just make sure you get the 8.1 version, and not the version for plain old Windows 8).

Microsoft’s latest preview of Windows 10 may add a blast from the past: Aero Glass, the beloved transparency feature that originated in Windows 7. In addition, Cortana has been more tightly ...

To see how I felt about losing Aero Glass, I changed my Win 7 theme to one of the non-Aero thems (Classic, I believe). When I did, I noticed that most of my Windows would tear as I dragged them ...

Most notably, Microsoft says it's scrapping Aero Glass, the glossy, transparent border introduced with Vista, in favor of a flatter style that's less distracting: ...

It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS which also touted transparencies and glass-like effects as a bold new vision ...

In addition to showing off holographic apps and revealing the name of its post-IE browser, Microsoft has also released its latest Windows 10 preview build for PCs today. The build (now called ...

The things you get with Aero are Transparent Glass, Taskbar Thumbnails, Windows Flip, Windows Flip 3D and Smooth Windows animations.