One bug(?) feature designed by a committee in Vista's glass themes is that the frame goes black on a maximised window. A little freeware VistaGlazz fixes that and as a bonus allows non-MS visual styles to be used, much like the uxtheme patch of XP. No problems here with 32-bit HP SP1.
It is not really a bug. There is not much point to having a tiny strip of transparancy at the top of a maximised window, and the assumption is that with a maximised window people don't want the distraction. BTW make sure to install the correct version of VistaGlazz (1.1) if you have SP1 installed. Version 1.0 will cock things up.
I installed this to use custom themes, never saw that the frame stays glassy now It used to bug me on the standard theme.
it's not a bug, it's a feature for the reasons nexxo said. in win7 it stays transparent on maximized windows and there have been quite a few people complaining about it.
what they really need to do is open it up to custom themes without needing to patch system files. i don't know why microsoft is so against this.
OMG! WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!!! Why so many people sees this as a bug... it's like their head is infested that "Vista sucks/full of bugs" that they invent bugs! This is made on purpose! Why cars have round wheels, they should be hexagon! I put hexagon shape wheels on my car. Windows XP has blue and green everywhere, I am staying with Windows 2000 as I am sure that Windows XP doesn't support my display. See how bad that sounds.... well the same for what you just said.
Ermmm... What's up, Doc? Load of bollocks. I shall continue to use my consistent-appearance-whatever-their-size windows - I've paid for decent hardware to overcome Vista's half-baked limitations.
so do i, on my 1024x600 netbook. on a 1440x900 or bigger desktop though, that should be grounds for execution. or at least bannination.
The intelligent (rather than e-peen) answer is "anyone who wants to see a large image in maximum detail". Maps, some graphics, most p0rn.
It annoys me too. I know it's not a bug but it's still a bit annoying. It should be available as an option. I don't maximise screens anymore, just because of this function. I would otherwise occasionally maximise Outlook to fit more emails, tasks, calendar panels etc on screen in one go.
