Windows 10: Transparent apps? Is it a thing?

I've been messing around with transparency and am undecided as to its implementation. Fluent design is a thing with UWP apps and employs all this eye-candy stuff - bringing it to 'normal' apps allows for some manipulation.

The following examples show the differences - a lot depends on the users background, obviously.

Seems it works OK in a Dark theme environment





but can be hard to read with a Light theme.(Maybe we need to tone down the transparency here)





Perhaps MS went with the partial transparent windows for that reason...

I, however, am an all-or-nothing person.. LOL.

:)

 

Transparency function

Hi,

For us to provide you an accurate resolution on your concern regarding transparency function, we need the following information:

• Were there any updates made on your computer prior to this concern?
• What troubleshooting steps have you taken so far to resolve this?
• When did the issue first begin?
• Could you possibly send us a screenshot of your transparency effects page?

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Transparent tiles

The apps don't automatically change to transparent tiles, the developers need to add this feature to their apps, until recently the xbox apps, music, games and videos were all non-transparent but in a recent update this changed. If you check your 23 app
updates you might find the apps listed with an update available to them to add the transparency but there is also some apps in the store that give other apps transparent tiles.

 

Photoshop: Creating Transparent Images

• PNG supports Alpha Transparency, that is that the image can have different levels of alpha (or opacity) throughout.
• GIF supports transparency too, but any part of the image can only be either transparent or opaque. There is no gradual shift, no "Alpha" level to adjust. (And transparency eats into 1/256 of your available colors.)
• JPEG supports neither form of transparency.

Internet Explorer did not support transparency in PNGs until IE7, I believe that it would show black instead of the page behind the PNG image. It did, however, support PNGs. (Which are still a great way to achieve a non-lossy, high-color image. (even without transparency))