What if we not only define the region to apply the effect to, but also receive a shader to go along with it?
Today I found out about ShojiWM, it can apply shaders to windows, also on windows events.
https://github.com/bea4dev/ShojiWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMZ6MYkI1Q
That way, the app developer can control the transparency effect - be it blur, or refraction or anything else, without the ability to capture the background picture.
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