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You mean "translucent". If it was transparent, you wouldn't be able to read the text.

(Besides, translucent GUIs are out. That's Vista/Win7.)

Looking at the screenshot, the background isn't blurred so it's not translucent.

(you are right about win7 having translucid windows)

Funny, in grade school I remember being taught that "translucent" meant anything in between full opacity and full transparency.