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Microsoft’s blog posts gives a bit of news about the design decisions that are changing up Windows 8 in new and mildly controversial ways. Here’s the big reveal: Aero Glass is no more.

In a blog post, Microsoft director of program management Jensen Harris announced the change for Windows 8's desktop interface. Instead of the Aero-style glass effect that was introduced in Windows ...

Here’s how to bring back the Start menu and the attractive aero glass theme how to hide other Windows 8 elements like the Charms menu. Getting tired of Windows 8 and its tiles’ reign of terror?

Hidden within the morass of design notes and historical navel gazing there is one notable change: The final build of Windows 8, due this fall, will feature a rejigged, Aero-free Desktop (pictured ...

For that, I recommend Aero Glass and transparency for Windows 8.1—and yes, it works for Windows 10 (just make sure you get the 8.1 version, and not the version for plain old Windows 8).

First and foremost, Microsoft said it has "moved beyond" Aero Glass on the Windows 8 desktop, in Friday's Building Windows 8 post. "We spent a lot of energy carefully considering how substantially ...

Microsoft has announced that it is to make some significant changes to the Windows 8 user interface, including dropping the Aero Glass effect that was first introduced in Windows Vista.

Aero Glass, he opines, runs contrary to Microsoft's goals with Metro. "Rest in peace, Aero. I liked you, a lot. Still do. And I'll miss you," Thurrott writes. "I'm curious why Windows 8 can't ...