Ah yes, ObjectDesktop. Thanks!
I'm using a GeForce 6800GT with driver 87.21 and running XP SP2 along with the latest versions of Windowblinds and WindowsFX. Antialiasing is set to application-controlled, as is typical for me.
Forgive my rant yesterday. I was feeling burned because FX doesn't work well with my favorite skins (Aerial, ClearXP, Smooth Alternative, among others). Many of them, excluding Aerial, don't have shadows and yet are per pixel skins. Also, since I prefer per pixel skins overall and can never go back now after experiencing them, the shadows feature of FX is nearly useless for me.
As for menu and toolwindow shadows on per pixel skins, FX doesn't deal with them properly (at least not on my system). It shadows rectangles, not curved corners, making it look like a white box is behind everything shadowed and whose white corners and edges can be seen.
My problem with window dragging is similar, except with a black rectangle and much more noticable. It only occures when I'm running per pixel skins and goes away when I disable per pixel borders within Windowblinds. Describing the problem is fairly simple though. Basically, just imagine a black rectangle behind and around the window appearing once the window is grabbed and only going away upon release. On some skins, it only shows on the corners. On others, it surrounds the entire window. I only mentioned this problem with window dragging because the issue is hard not to notice with this feature. However, the black square is present during other transitions as well.
Normal without FX:
Using FX window dragging:
Sometimes, I have problems with transitions, too, where windows will appear in the final rendering with everything jumbled up(?)
By the way, I'm not as bitter today. I think Windowblinds is an excellent program and other parts of Object Desktop are fun to tinker with. I'll just stop trying with FX. Let it go. I'm beginning to learn how to use SkinStudio and ought to just add my own big spanking shadows. Plus, XP is super snappy without transition effects; snappier than OSX, SUSE Linux, and Vista, which can't keep up with my clicks.