Transparent Java Windows on X11- August 30, 2007 Transparent windows don't really work in Java. You have four choices, and they all suck:1. Use non-opaque Color instances. Apple even supports setting a non-opaque background Color, but you need all the components in your UI to behave, and that really makes this awkward. And slow. This may be the method of the future, but at the moment, not enough pieces are there for it to work.2. Use undocumentedunsupported Java methods. The beauty of this is that it's easy. The trouble with this is that it's.http://elliotth.blogspot.com/2007/08/transparent-java-windows-on-x11.html Review: Intel Q6600 processor and DP35DP motherboard- August 29, 2007 I've been waiting for a good enough Mac mini to replace my dual G5, but you'll forgive me if I'm not exactly excited by the "new" Mac mini. It's a year overdue, and it's stupidly expensive for what it is. I don't want to get into the whole "Apple versus Dell" nonsense, and I think some of Apple's line-up is reasonably priced, but if the Mac mini were a child, the state would have intervened by now. It's so neglected it seems not so much unloved as actively hated.For a cost falling somewhere...http://elliotth.blogspot.com/2007/08/review-intel-q6600-processor-and-dp35dp.html |