Tried to make the most transparent browsering experience possible

199 points 543233

https://preview.redd.it/f6sr9ym4mt6g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cefeeef4b8f047c454493b5f7c4df74f542a3c49

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32 points arc_xl

I ugly laughed

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35 points loloreel

I also made a high contrast version to avoid that (but it doesn't look as cool)

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10 points Bonevelous_1992

Honestly this kinda stuff is exactly why I think transparency is overrated. It's like nobody learned anything from every terrible thing resulting from Windows Vista's switch to transparent effects in the mid 2000s

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4 points Frytura_

Did they ever fixed that?

Like, idk, inverted letters relative to the background, adaptative black ink...

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51 points The_Dukes_Of_Hazzard

your gpu is crying

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29 points loloreel

Honestly it doesn't use that much gpu and runs pretty smoothly (but to be fair I haven't actually checked how much it uses, but I haven't noticed a huge impact)

Edit: Just checked, my gpu usage went from like 4% to 18%, that's the price to pay I guess

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9 points The_Dukes_Of_Hazzard

Eh it looks pretty so whatever. Cool man

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10 points dgtlnsdr

LiquidWindowsGlass

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8 points InvestigatorKey8129

What would be the name of that browser? Or how to set that up?

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23 points loloreel

It's Firefox, I don't know what os you are using, might not be entirely possible/easy outside of Linux. But I followed these steps to make Firefox transparent. Then I applied a Kvantum theme called KvGlass. And then I made a css file that you can use with an extension like Stylus to make Google transparent/glassy.

And the background is a shader called Ether.

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3 points InvestigatorKey8129

I use macos. The browser does look cool and thanks for the info

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1 points Vast_Pitch4016

Does it only work on google.com or on any tabs?

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1 points loloreel

It supposedly works on all regional Google variants (.fr, .de etc) but that's about it unfortunately, it's not dynamic and needs to be done for every different websites. So far I've done Google and YouTube, I plan on making some other websites eventually

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10 points MrMeatballGuy

"Liquid glass" looks terrible, it's a designer's wet dream and perfectly shows how out of touch they are with actually making something usable sometimes.

But hey, you did a good job making it work even if I think it's terrible.

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2 points Natural-Touch-9068

It’s a designers wet dream? The fuck it is

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1 points MrMeatballGuy

What I mean by that is that some designers seem to focus on what looks pretty more than actually following best practices, it's those designer's wet dream.

There are designers that actually care about good design too luckily.

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4 points LanDest021

Why are people so obsessed with glass effects? Can't we just have a blur without the ugly refractions?

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5 points thekingofemu

All of that just to use Google

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2 points Zealousideal-Emu1590

Beautiful

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2 points Frytura_

Its so bad, ut also so much better than a flat theme. Oh my god you broke me.

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2 points linkuei-teaparty

How did you get that moving background?

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2 points loloreel

It's a shader called Ether

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2 points linkuei-teaparty

A its for KDE, I have MacOS and not linux unfortunately. Looks awesome btw.

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2 points sameera_s_w

＼(>o<)ノ

Sick!

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1 points Ahmad-Munir

are you using linux, the titlebar looks QT, how do you even do that liquid glass thing?

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1 points loloreel

Yes I'm using Fedora (kde plasma), and for the liquid glass I'm using kwin-effects-glass which gives the refraction and blur effect

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1 points FragDenWayne

But why?

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2 points TheRealTaric

https://preview.redd.it/thee6egml87g1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=8385e99d05cb4438969f374e9b3e1634cc5e6375

I also like transparency :D That's why I switched to Zen browser (firefox based). You can make the UI blurry and animated.

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1 points jnighy

What's with some ppl in this sub and transparent browsers? Dont you like to read the website?

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8 points Savings_Catch_8823

its a nice experiment tho

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1 points Stratdan0

Why though?

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1 points Aggravating-Sugar953

HOW???
Is this google chrome?

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7 points loloreel

It's firefox (on Linux) using a firefox css and a Kvantum theme to make the browser transparent, and I just made the css to make the website transparent (and change some colors to make a more glass effect)

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2 points Aggravating-Sugar953

Alright thanks!

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1 points exclaim_bot

Alright thanks!

You're welcome!

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1 points Nueveh_680

linux distro?

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3 points loloreel

It's Fedora (kde plasma)

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0 points djsiropchik

Pff. Chome🤣 ofc not

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-3 points MrMoussab

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. This is too distracting.

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