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http://www.musingsfrommars.org/mars-downloads/
CrystalClear Interface
"CrystalClear Interface is an experimental system add-on to Mac OS X that introduces transparency into Aqua and lets users customize the color and transparency of window and text backgrounds. It is a Cocoa InputManager, so it functions only on applications built with the Cocoa frameworks. (Most Apple software is written using Cocoa nowadays, but prominent holdovers are iTunes and the Finder.)"
Works on Leopard
CrystalClear Interface
"CrystalClear Interface is an experimental system add-on to Mac OS X that introduces transparency into Aqua and lets users customize the color and transparency of window and text backgrounds. It is a Cocoa InputManager, so it functions only on applications built with the Cocoa frameworks. (Most Apple software is written using Cocoa nowadays, but prominent holdovers are iTunes and the Finder.)"
Works on Leopard
I've used this app and it's completely worthless. I hated it from the moment I installed it. It gives windows such as System Preferences almost a 90% clarity - I can't see or read anything! Do NOT install it. Just wait for Afloat to work or something like that. For right now, just live without. Same with Shapeshifter, we just have to wait.
~logan
~logan
Re: CrystalClear Interface
Just want to set the record straight after reading what the previous writer said. First of all, his (her?) comment is more than a year old, and CCI has been revised several times since then. Second of all, it's a common misperception that users can't control the level of transparency of their app windows. You can make them as transparent or opaque as you like. You can also modify the window colors, and there are 8 different window styles to choose from. That's just for starters...
The latest releases are also much less buggy and use far less additional resources than earlier ones.
New website is at http://crystalclear.musingsfrommars.org
Just want to set the record straight after reading what the previous writer said. First of all, his (her?) comment is more than a year old, and CCI has been revised several times since then. Second of all, it's a common misperception that users can't control the level of transparency of their app windows. You can make them as transparent or opaque as you like. You can also modify the window colors, and there are 8 different window styles to choose from. That's just for starters...
The latest releases are also much less buggy and use far less additional resources than earlier ones.
New website is at http://crystalclear.musingsfrommars.org
this is so frustrating! it is ridiculously fast, faster than any i have ever seen, but all other aspects of the browser i dont like. arrgh!
And you were probably better off letting the entire thread lay dormant rather than reminding everyone of that user's scathing review.
