These are exactly what I wanted for my little San Francisco kitchen. It blocks just enough light to prevent glare, but it's transparent enough to where it doesn't delete light or the view completely. This was very easy for me to install all by myself, and as a cat-mom I appreciate that these are completely cordless (kitty cord-eating was how the old miniblinds there died). 
They come with a couple long dangly bits to glue to the sides at the top to hide the mechanisms, I actually cut those apart and just gorilla glued a couple of the pieces on to hide everything. This was a sleeker solution.