Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

FastAero is a Windows XP utility that adds a transparency effect to some program windows. The effect is similar to one of the components of the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista: You can see through borders of some programs and more easily see what’s going on behind the program window.

The utility is an executable file, which means you can unzip the program and run it without installing anything to your system. You can also decide whether to add a blur effect that partially obscures what’s going on behind your window. If you disable this feature, you get a nice crisp clear, and somewhat blue look at what’s behind window number 1.

The default language for FastAero is Polish, but you can change it to English by opening the config.ini file in a text editor and changing “polish” to “english.”

I’ve never found these sorts of transparency effects to be particularly useful. There are other elements of Aero Glass that I’d much rather have on Windows XP, like the ability to see previews of running programs when you scroll your mouse over taskbar icons. For that, there’s Visual ToolTip, which provides some, but not all of the functionality of that Aero Glass feature.

[via gHacks]

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