Re: Re: how to write snappy benchmark?

HP> Anyhow, Longhorn remains to be seen. Windows doesn't do the alpha
HP> channel yet.

For what it's worth, the toolkit used by .NET (``Forms'') does do
translucent windows on XP -- although they only export an interface
for having a single alpha value for a (toplevel?) window.

Of course, they could be playing toolkit-level magic.

If you've got C#, try this:

  using System.Windows.Forms;

  class App
  {
     public static void Main()
     {
        Form f1 = new Form();
        f1.Text = "Hi!";
        f1.Opacity = 0.75;
        f1.ShowDialog();
     }
  }