It started on the Mac and has become popular on Windows Vista and now looks like standard procedure for Windows 7. Transparent icons and menus seem to be all the rage right now.
But transparency is only the beginning. The UI battles have been going on for years with everyone taking tips from everyone else. The Windows 7 UI is strangely reminisce of Mac OS X's Dock. However, there are some significant differences.
Gizmodo says that they think that the new Windows 7 is better than the Mac OS Dock. Let's see what they have to say to tell us why they're better.
The OS X Dock operates from a similar standpoint, but Windows 7 takes this (not to mention the translucency gambit) a step further: The visual signification of a running application (versus one that's not and merely "pinned" to the taskbar) is exceptionally subtle—a kind of "glare" appears on the top left corner of the icon and it's faintly outlined. It borders on actively encouraging you to forget the distinction, which as computers become more powerful and applications launch more quickly, matters less and less anyhow.
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