Aero

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AeroTuner Adds More Customisation Options To The Windows 7 Aero UI

7:00AM October 25, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

We talk a lot about tweaking your user interface around here—often inradical ways—but if you’d just like to make a few small tweaks to Windows Aero, free app AeroTuner gives you a few more options than the Control Panel. More »

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AquaSnap Brings Enhanced Aero Effects To Windows XP Through Windows 7

12:30AM April 1, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows: AquaSnap is a free multifunctional tweaking application that brings Aero-style effects to Windows XP and enhances Aero in Vista and Windows 7. More »

Design

The All-Glass Opera Desktop

8:00AM February 4, 2010 | The How-To Geek

Reader t.click’s desktop sports an amazing, totally transparent skin for the Opera browser that uses Aero Glass to render virtually the entire interface. More »

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Enable Aero In A Virtual Machine Installation

4:00AM November 3, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

If you’ve been disappointed by the lack of Aero-based visual effects when you install Windows Vista or Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine installation, this handy guide will help you crank up the eye candy in your Windows virtualisation. More »

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Firefox 4.0 Theme Skips A Year Ahead In Looks

4:00AM August 11, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Windows only: Mozilla released the mockups for the far-in-the-future Firefox 4.0 release, and just like with the 3.7 release mockups, a motivated user has already created a lookalike theme that you can install now. More »

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Border Skin Enables Aero Glass Window Borders In XP

4:00AM July 29, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Windows only: customisation utility Border Skin adds the Aero Glass effects from Windows 7 or Vista to your PC running XP. More »

Design

First Look At Firefox 4.0 Design Mockups

8:30AM July 28, 2009 | Adam Pash

Last week we took a look at initial design mockups for Firefox 3.7, and now the busy designers at Mozilla are back with some theme mockups for the even further-into-the-future Firefox 4.0. More »

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Firefox 3.7 Theme Makes Your Browser Look Awesome

2:00AM July 25, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Windows only: Mozilla released their version 3.7 theme mockups only a few days ago, but you don’t have to wait—a motivated user already released a lookalike theme that you can install now. More »

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Mozilla Releases Initial Design For Firefox 3.7

11:00PM July 21, 2009 | Azadeh Ensha

Firefox 3.5 was officially released late last month, but the Mozilla team has already released its initial Windows theme mockups for Firefox 3.7, featuring glossy, translucent buttons and a host of other potential new features. More »

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7stacks Does OS X Stacks In Windows 7 Style

2:00AM July 1, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Windows only: Application launcher 7stacks adds the Stacks functionality of Mac’s OS X to Windows 7, including Aero transparency effects that blend into your taskbar perfectly. More »