diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
index 86559f90..5028d1f0 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium/home/xmonad/xmonad.hs
@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@ main =
           let
             fadeHook =
               composeOne
-                [ className ~? "steam"  -?> opaque
+                [ className ~? "steam"   -?> opaque
 
-                , isFirefoxFullscreen
-                  <||> isFirefoxPIP
-                  <||> isFirefoxVideo   -?> opaque
+                -- easier to paint over stuff
+                , isFloating
+                  <&&> fmap not isUnfocused
+                  <&&> title ~? "Wplace" -?> transparency 0.5
 
-                , isUnfocused -?> transparency 0.08
+                , className =? "firefox" -?> opaque
+
+                , isUnfocused -?> transparency 0.02
                 , isFloating  -?> transparency 0.08
                 ]
            in
@@ -260,17 +263,6 @@ isFirefoxPIP =
   className =? "firefox"
     <&&> title =? "Picture-in-Picture"
 
-isFirefoxFullscreen :: Query Bool
-isFirefoxFullscreen =
-  className =? "firefox"
-    <&&> isFullscreen
-
--- Firefox having multimedia content
-isFirefoxVideo :: Query Bool
-isFirefoxVideo =
-  className =? "firefox"
-    <&&> title ~? "YouTube"
-
 myScratchpads :: [NamedScratchpad]
 myScratchpads =
   [ NS "cmus"
diff --git a/nix/configurations/vanadium/nixos/gui.nix b/nix/configurations/vanadium/nixos/gui.nix
index 81a407a7..7c0091f2 100644
--- a/nix/configurations/vanadium/nixos/gui.nix
+++ b/nix/configurations/vanadium/nixos/gui.nix
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@
         "class_g = 'fcitx'"
         "class_i = 'fcitx'"
       ];
-      blur = {
-        method = "dual_kawase";
-        strength = 5;
-      };
-      wintypes = {
-        dropdown_menu = {
-          opacity = 1;
-          blur-background = false;
-        };
-        popup_menu = {
-          opacity = 1;
-          blur-background = false;
-        };
-      };
     };
   };