I was never a fan of Aero glass transparency as I prefer my operating system to use solid colors only and nothing else. I do however know a couple of Windows users who like the transparency effects of the operating system, and some were disappointed to find out that Microsoft removed the option to make windows transparent on Windows 8. It is not clear why Microsoft removed the options, but the most likely reason is that it shifted away from Aero in Windows 8 and that it may have felt that transparency did not fit with the overall look and feel of the operating system.

A method has been found recently to enable transparency in Windows 8 again and while it comes close to the Aero Glass Transparency feature of Windows 7, it falls a bit short as it won’t enable blur or reflection effects. Other than that, it is a 1:1 copy of the Windows 7 transparency effects.