making vista areo glass work

[patio]

since when is 1280x768 16bpp in the past?

It isn't goofball...16Bit is though.

[computeruler]

so smeezekitty, go away and site in a coner and cry about not having aero

[Salmon Trout]

but there is also no reason for it not to work
except microsoft has there head up there you know where

You are just being a silly child. I am revising your estimate of your emotional age down from 11 to maybe 8. Perhaps you are not neurotypical, in which case much is explained. Anyhow, Aero depends on having something called an "Alpha channel". For that you need 24 bits for the colours (8 each for red, blue & green) and 8 bits for the 8-bit Alpha channel that defines the transparency mask. Aero is written that way. Not to make your life difficult, but because actually, nobody else actually wants 16 bit Aero! You can no more get Aero to work in 16-bit colour ("color") mode than you can get an automobile engine to work with square pistons instead of round ones.

[computeruler]

I would say hes 6 and his mom/dad need to ban him from the computer

[smeezekitty]

@salmon trout
thank you for the information about the alpha channel
i think they could have emulated it but
oh well
@computeruler
cut it out

[Salmon Trout]

I would say hes 6 and his mom/dad need to ban him from the computer

He could be an Aspie

[computeruler]

cut it out

I think you should

[smeezekitty]

He could be an Aspie

maybe so but no big deal

[Salmon Trout]

maybe so but no big deal

There you go

At least we know now.

[Salmon Trout]

smeezekitty, whether or not you have Asperger's is absolutely none of our business, and if you do, and you don't choose to share that knowledge with us, that is your business, but if you have, (really and not a "joke") then it does change how we would react to some of your posts. For the better. Because there is a lot about Aspies that neurotypicals don't understand, and we may get angry or dismissive about things that you can't help.

[BC_Programmer]

since video cards got enough RAM so that engineers could dump the ridiculous 5-6-5 2-byte packed colour.

By the way, there IS a good reason that it requires 32-bit colour.

1 Byte Red
1 Byte Green
1 Byte Blue

And one byte alpha

without the alpha there is no translucency. see the problem? the idea behind Aero Glass IS the transclucency.

...


hey, when did another page of posts appear?

[Salmon Trout]

By the way, there IS a good reason that it requires 32-bit colour.

1 Byte Red
1 Byte Green
1 Byte Blue

And one byte alpha

without the alpha there is no translucency. see the problem? the idea behind Aero Glass IS the transclucency.

Where did I see this...

Anyhow, Aero depends on having something called an "Alpha channel". For that you need 24 bits for the colours (8 each for red, blue & green) and 8 bits for the 8-bit Alpha channel that defines the transparency mask. Aero is written that way. Not to make your life difficult, but because actually, nobody else actually wants 16 bit Aero!

...Oh yes. I remember now.

[smeezekitty]

smeezekitty, whether or not you have Asperger's is absolutely none of our business, and if you do, and you don't choose to share that knowledge with us, that is your business, but if you have, (really and not a "joke") then it does change how we would react to some of your posts. For the better. Because there is a lot about Aspies that neurotypicals don't understand, and we may get angry or dismissive about things that you can't help.

i have never been dianosed with it but i have all the symtoms
as shown on the internet

[BC_Programmer]

Where did I see this...

...Oh yes. I remember now.

I never saw the second page. didn't see a reason to not post it though

[smeezekitty]

why cant the make the 16bpp
4bit red
5bit green
4 bit blue
3 bit alpha
that would be 16 shades of red 32 shades green 16 shades blue
8 shades alpha