A new article has been posted on Dev.Opera which describes how to create a Vista Aero Glass effect using SVG filters.

The article doesn't involve using Inkscape at all, but some people might enjoy learning some of the basics of SVG coding.

How to do photoshop-like effects in SVG

I was just looking for something exactly like this. Thanks for the heads up micro.

Thanks for this ...

i also looking for creating glassy effect like in the vista aero window. I found this http://psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutoria ... photoshop/ , but i dont know how to do blending stuff in inkscape ( i use 0.45, not using 0.46 yet because it is not stable)

thank you!

@nightingale2k1

i also looking for creating glassy effect like in the vista aero window. I found this http://psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutoria ... photoshop/ , but i dont know how to do blending stuff in inkscape ( i use 0.45, not using 0.46 yet because it is not stable)

You could do that effect with the stable inkscape,
1. Follow all the steps in terms of the colors 1-3,
2. But when you get to step 3 you duplicate text and use this fill #062827 in order to emulate the layer style blending then apply a blur (about .3 or so)
3. Duplicate again and apply a transparent white gradient from the top down.
4. Duplicate again and apply a transparent white gradient from the bottom up.
5. Add glosss and shiny stars and you have tranparent glass lettering.