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Acrylic title bar
Well, actually this is a feature that I'd like to see in the whole OS, but since it existed in the old Edge, I'd love to see it in the Chromium version as well
Through a 3rd party dev, was able to get Edge Chromium to use acrylic title bars and it is absolutely stunning. Microsoft should definitely integrate this natively into the app. So for those who think its not possible, if a 3rd party dev is able to do it, Microsoft should be able to.
matthewj15 wrote:Through a 3rd party dev, was able to get Edge Chromium to use acrylic title bars and it is absolutely stunning. Microsoft should definitely integrate this natively into the app. So for those who think its not possible, if a 3rd party dev is able to do it, Microsoft should be able to.
Wow that is stunning. Awesome job!
please share the program with us, would love to give it a try.
HotCakeX this is the "hack" being used - http://www.glass8.eu/ - but I don't recommend it because it's broken in Windows 10 1909 and tends to screw things up with major update releases.
matthewj15 this isn't true acrylic, this is Aero Glass with an acrylic type effect which has been hacked into the core OS, as your explorer window gives away. They won't be able to add true acrylic effects to Edge.
filetrekker1360 wrote:matthewj15 this isn't true acrylic, this is Aero Glass with an acrylic type effect which has been hacked into the core OS, as your explorer window gives away. They won't be able to add true acrylic effects to Edge.
Why not? any technical reasons?
- Elliot Kirk
Microsoft
Hi SOI_7, thank you. We have heard that many people want us to extend our Fluent design, including Acrylic, to the preview channels of our browser. We are still working on our user experience, and are trying to be very careful with the performance impact of these changes.
I understand the concern for performance impact. Keep in mind that many of us are still using this on full-fledged desktop computers. One possibility is to make "transparency effects" in Edge an option under Appearance in Settings, with the default off. This way, the power users who really want this can go turn it on.
On the other hand, acrylic in the Edge title bar could be toggled by the larger Windows 10 transparency option. Why would these effects be a concern for Edge only, if not for all other places and apps where it occurs? Windows 8's Metro design language eliminated all transparency for concerns about lowering battery life in portable devices. But if Fluent Design reintroduces transparency (and acrylic is probably the most attractive implementation of transparency I've ever seen, even on par or better than what we see in today's MacOS), this must have reflected a decision by Windows engineers that such performance concerns are not worth giving up on transparency effects altogether. If Microsoft's own apps don't implement acrylic, why would anyone else, and why did Microsoft invent Fluent Design in the first place?
Elliot Kirk "We are still working on our user experience, and are trying to be very careful with the performance impact of these changes."
So long as transparency and other visual effects can be turned off (e.g. Control Panel, System and Security, System, Advanced system settings, Advanced tab, Performance, which is what I use along with turning off transparency to eliminate the visual effects that affect performance/battery) it makes sense for Edge Chromium to be consistent with Fluid Design principles.
I like the idea of a toggle (Fluid Design versus Performance Design, for example) switch in W10 Settings that would change design/performance settings across Windows 10.
Acrylic isn't possible in Win32 apps, and so the Edge team are trying to just hide / bury this fact under various excuses. Acrylic will never come to Edge Chromium until Windows itself supports acrylic in Win32, which it probably never will either.
Elliot Kirk Addressing that is as simple as a toggle.
