jpeters: Can you provide more info? I normally use the "transparent" style, and when I tested new version 0.9.8 last night on my TC 2.3 installation, it appeared to me to be working the same as before. Maybe you tested 0.9.8 on tc 2.4rc1? Or maybe the background was not "clean" when you had Flit start?
FYI... when the style is set to "transparent", at startup Flit looks at whatever pixel is in the background at the location of the upper left corner where Flit will open itself. If Flit is starting up as part of the X-Windows startup, normally the pixel under the location of Flit is part of the desktop wallpaper, or a fixed color. Flit then modifies this color to lighten it and chooses a contrasting color for the clock and icon text and outlines. However, if there are application windows already open and covering the area where Flit will be located as it starts, the color will be sampled from the app, and is perhaps unpredictable.
Note that this is not true transparency... just picking a background color from a one point sample. If Flit samples more points, the background color could be averaged, making the color more representative. Maybe I should call it "translucent"... I think that term more accurately describes the visual effect. My goal was to make it look like a frosted piece of glass placed over the background with a minimal amount of code and CPU utilization.
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ML