Modern Windows 11 textures that use semi-transparent materials to blend the taskbar with the desktop wallpaper.
For more advanced customization options, you can turn to third-party software: taskbar texture
Miles looked at his mouse cursor. It was no longer an arrow. It was a tiny, wooden finger. A marionette's digit, complete with a carved fingernail. It hovered over the "Shut Down" button. It was a tiny, wooden finger
It was no longer that flat, dead, acrylic blur of modern UI design. It looked like a strip of worn, gray felt. The kind of felt you’d find on an old library card catalog drawer, soft and pill-bearing, a little bit dusty. Miles leaned closer. It even had a few faint, white scuffs, as if a stapler had been dragged across it years ago. It was no longer that flat, dead, acrylic