Is this considered new design? What is special about it? I don't see much of a difference compared to the Aero glass effect in Windows Vista from 2006. I've also seen it on many websites, using `backdrop-filter: blur`. Or am I missing something?

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kris-kay 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

You're right, glassmorphism dates back to the early years of this millennium. For instance, Project Looking Glass(2003) attempted an entire desktop environment that resembled slabs of glass that could be turned over in 3D space!

Even so, I haven't found another glass generator that has a texture layer and box-shadow bevel, etc.

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rpastuszak 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You’re not looking far back enough:) I see it more as a new Aqua from OSX Cheetah (2000 CE)

This is a slight tangent, but 20 years ago I had a nightmare in which I got hit by a tram, died and travelled in time into a world where every computer was running Windows Vista. In other words, fair enough, you might be onto something here after all.

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elpocko 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Aqua from OSX Cheetah

I've never used OSX, but I would guess from screenshots that it didn't do dynamic layered gaussian blur of large screen regions in realtime, which would've been too much for the hardware of the year 2000.

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rpastuszak 2 days ago | parent [-]

That is true, but don't forget water is the essence of moisture.

Also, those scrollbars were quite impressive for their time.

	▲	account42 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I always thought they were extremely kitschy, just like the Windows XP window frames.

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kris-kay 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The 2000 CE bit made me laugh! And yes, Windows Vista was a proper nightmare.

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account42 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's the Apple effect. Old tricks become the hot new thing when they discover them.