Actual Transparent Window 6.3

Actual Transparent Window is a Windows® shell enhancement which allows you to set any transparency levels for any system window. You can choose which window to make transparent, which to exclude, or you can set a transparency level for all windows.

There are many options for enabling transparency on any window, like when you double-click on a title bar, at startup, while you move or resize the window, while it's inactive, or on mouse-hovering. You can customize the transparency on each window, and on each action mentioned above, setting it from 0 to 100. You can even “ghost windows” with this program, meaning that any or all mouse clicks directed at the target window will bypass that window completely, while still remaining subject to keyboard actions like hotkeys.

Why would you make your system windows transparent anyway? Well, everything looks nicer, and sometimes it is very important that you see two windows at the same time, so instead of resizing the two of them, to fit the screen, you can make one or both transparent. By doing so, you can organize your work better, and it may save you some time. You can change from an opaque window to a transparent one, with just a keyboard shortcut, which you can customize.

Pluses: Customizable keyboard shortcuts, adjustable levels of transparency.

Drawbacks / flaws:

In conclusion: It offers nice visuals, and a better method of organizing your work.

version reviewed: 5.2