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transparency feature by Edna Mode on 02-12-2005 at 07:08 AM
hey
i tried using the transparency feature but it is grayed out, is it only for windows xp??
RE: transparency feature by L. Coyote on 02-12-2005 at 07:12 AM
Yes, only NT based systems (afaik, XP, 2003, and ME?). And Windows 98 is not, so you can't use transparency on that system.
RE: transparency feature by Edna Mode on 02-12-2005 at 07:13 AM
oh ok
, thanks anyway
RE: transparency feature by matty on 02-12-2005 at 08:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Leo
and ME?
Windows Mellenium is DOS based so no. Only NT Based Operating Systems allow alphablending. So Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server and "Long Horn".
RE: transparency feature by L. Coyote on 02-12-2005 at 08:45 AM
quote:I didn't exactly know if ME was included, that's why I put "?".
Originally posted by Matty
Windows Mellenium is DOS based so no. Only NT Based Operating Systems allow alphablending. So Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server and "Long Horn".
Thanks for clearing that up! 
RE: transparency feature by matty on 02-12-2005 at 08:50 AM
The thing that I find weird is that NT4 was the first O/S to introduce the new technology file system(NTFS) and operating systems that support alpha blending are NT based and NT4 is NT based but doesn't support alpha blending because it still is based on DOS "i think".
RE: transparency feature by Patchou on 02-12-2005 at 06:40 PM
Sorry Matty but Windows Me being based on DOS has absolutely nothing to do with it allowing alpha bending 
. Microsoft introduced this feature in Windows 2000, probably because at that time, computers were starting to be fast enough to support it, that's all. You could add alpha bending in Windows Me with yourown DLL if you wanted, you'd just have to redo what Microsoftdid for Win2k.
RE: transparency feature by matty on 02-12-2005 at 07:11 PM
quote:Really... I thought because of DOS not supporting Alpha Blending that Windows ME wouldn't support it... I guess you learn something new everyday.
Originally posted by Patchou
Sorry Matty but Windows Me being based on DOS has absolutely nothing to do with it allowing alpha bending
RE: transparency feature by Ezra on 02-12-2005 at 09:47 PM
Somehow the Transpaency is causing my computer to slow down to a crawl 
My Specs: Pentium 4 HT 3 Ghz, and 512 MB RAM and ATI Radeon 8900 128 MB
RE: transparency feature by Concord Dawn on 02-12-2005 at 10:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ezra
Somehow the Transpaency is causing my computer to slow down to a crawl
My Specs: Pentium 4 HT 3 Ghz, and 512 MB RAM and ATI Radeon 8900 128 MB
Spyware or viruses infecting your system probably. There is no way that the transparency effect of Plus! should slow down your computer that much. I have an ATI Radeon 9000, P3m 1.3 GHz processor and 256mb of RAM and it's fine. Either that, or there might be something conflicting with the transparency effect, but I don't know what would .
RE: transparency feature by Guido on 02-13-2005 at 04:50 PM
quote:As long as you are not using transparency on huge windows and with something running on the background (such as a video or an animation) etc. etc., you shouldn't have any problem with those specs
Originally posted by Ezra
Somehow the Transpaency is causing my computer to slow down to a crawl
My Specs: Pentium 4 HT 3 Ghz, and 512 MB RAM and ATI Radeon 8900 128 MB
quote:Nt4 is NT based, it can't be based in DOS too
NT4 is NT based but doesn't support alpha blending because it still is based on DOS "i think".
As Patchou said, the reason only 2k and Xp onwards have transparency is because it was added, nothing else. The kernel itself obviously isn't the one to blame for having alpha transparency or not. Same happens with alpha blended icons, which appeared in XP but could perfectly have been done for Windows 2000, or Windows 98 (and can be done, as you can see in Plus today, which has alpha transparent images in every OS)