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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. Weird X by james+b · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Weird X could do translucent windows back in 2000 - and this is real translucency, where 'covered' windows keep updating visibly, even through multiple layers of cover.

    I actually ran this for a while, until it drove me crazy :).

  2. How many slashdotters... by shish · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Q) How many slashdotters does it take to point out that the patent isn't on translucency, but *time dependant* translucency.
    A) I count 20 so far, mostly modded "insightful", and not one of them modded "redundant"

    I know it's a pain, but as well as reading the title of the story, try and read the first 5 or so comments to see that all 5 of them are discussing the point that you're just about to make. Please.

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    I mod down anyone who says "I will be modded down for this", regardless of the rest of their comment