
In Windows Vista, the balloon popups look like the ones from XP.

However, at some point in the longhorn beta's, they actually looked like this:

If you want to recreate that effect for XP and vista, use a small application GlassToast created by “Andreas Verhoeven”.
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ashishbk
This one's amazing VG.. Looking forward to try it on my pc
VG
^^ Thanks. ts really great.
abh
VG,it doesnt run in my pc.........only error msg appears......suggest something!
mhr
be careful while using it , it deals with explorer.exe any problems while running can cause your computer to be down
ashishbk
Its working fine bro..
abh
VG,my problem( Glassy notification doesn't appear) is still there,what precaution i can take??
VB_f-GR
Very coool !!!
Thanks VG & Ave
It's an amazing app with R.O.O.B.E. !!!!
balaji
hi vg,
is there a similar tooltip replacement for xp since the xp gfx subsystem uses alpha bitmapping too? would be very cool with the vista.vg style you have given.
VG
^^ It also works on XP.
bob
dead link?