Interactions with transparency?

Hello,
A few parts to this...
1. Is it possible to make the stock CP7 interactions use transparent backgrounds and/or headers? None of the themes, nor what I seem to be able to do with custom themes, even remotely fits in with my templates. I can't figure out how to keep the core functionality but make it integrate a lot more seamlessly... otherwise these are all unusable for us.
2. If it's not possible, do we know if this is coming in the future? How are others using these if customization is virtually impossible?
3. Is anybody giving away / selling widgets that do similar things, but with much greater control and/or more logical default settings? Is the need for transparency or some slider for opacity really that unique of a thing?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
- KC

I'm afraid the stock interactions are what they are. If you don't like the way they work or the extent to which they are customizable you need to submit an enhancement request to Adobe and wait in line. At the moment, most enhancements to these interactions have been focused on fixing bugs, especially ones that prevented the interactions from working as expected in HTML5 output.
Many of these interactions were added because users like ourselves asked for them (and because Articulate Storyline came out with similar ones that proved very popular).
Adobe doesn't usually give out definitive information about "what's coming in the future".
To my knowledge, though there are some widgets for sale that do similar things to some of these interactions (e.g. Cp Guru's excellent Youtube and Vimeo widgets), most widget developers have found Captivate widgets to be an unprofitable use of their time. So there's very little chance they would see much point in pouring weeks of development time into creating higher-end versions of widgets that Adobe gives away already with their app.

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