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Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the nobody-does-it-better dept.

jpkunst writes "John Kheit at Mac Observer reports on US Patent Application No. 20040090467, published on May 13, 2004, in which Apple filed a patent application for 'Graduated visual and manipulative translucency for windows.'" Begin the hunt for prior art! It's a challenge to find a non-Apple translucent window that isn't just a snippet of desktop wallpaper pasted in the background.

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  1. Prior art found!! by aardvarko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I've got some windows with graduated transparency that can be manipulated. They're in my FREAKIN' CAR.

  2. Re:Prior art? Easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Translucency has been around for a while, but Apple is filing for time dependent translucency."

    Translucent windows?

    (looks outdoors)

    How are they new again?