On a similar note, Windows 8 got rid of all the glassy and transparent windows effects. Most notably, to preview the desktop on Windows 8 you can’t hover over the Aero Peek button like you can on Windows 7 - you have to click it. Now the functionality of Aero Shake, Aero Snap, and Aero Peek are still in Windows 8, but they are no longer called “Aero” and they have been modified.
Aero Peek is a button that placed next to the clock on the taskbar which allows you to preview your desktop regardless of which window you have open.)Īs Windows 8 has moved towards becoming a hybrid operating system (not just for PCs but also tablets), it removed all things Aero. Aero Snap helps you arrange windows by dragging them to any screen edge. (Aero Shake allows you to shake a window to minimize all other opened windows. One of the big changes to Windows since Windows XP is the Aero interface, which not graphically enhances the look of Windows by making windows glassy and transparent but also adds functionality such as Aero Shake, Aero Snap, and Aero Peek.
