It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS ...

Vista is much prettier than previous versions of Windows. Its icons look better, windows have translucent borders, and items in the taskbar and in folders can display little previews of what they ...

Now your Vista taskbar should look a lot like Windows 7’s. To add icons, just drag and drop any program, folder, or individual file to the Quick Launch toolbar.

Then, when you want to open some of them, hold down the Ctrl key and click on their icons in the taskbar. You’ll notice the icon borders will darken, as in a 3-D effect (see screenshot below). Then ...

In Windows 11/10, by using the Registry and modifying values like BorderWidth, PaddedBorderWidth, IconSpacing, etc. you can customize Desktop Window Metrics.

When Windows Vista ships in late 2006, ... The Vista icons and previews are scalable to different sizes and can scale up to 128 by 128 pixels. File Management and Searching.

It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, ... Tahoe 26 which look a lot like VIsta's glossy icons, ... back to VIsta's transparent window borders.