An insulating glass unit, comprising: First and second substrates, each having interior and exterior major surfaces, the interior major surface of the first substrate facing the interior major surface of the second substrate; a spacer system for helping to maintain the first and second substrates in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another and to define a gap therebetween; and a dynamically controllable shade (202a, 202b) interposed between the first and second substrates, the shade (202a, 202b) including: a first conductive film provided, directly or indirectly, on the interior major surface of the first substrate; a dielectric or insulator film provided, directly or indirectly, on the first conductive film; and a shutter including a polymer material supporting a second conductive film, the polymer material being extendible to serve as a shutter closed position and retractable to serve as a shutter open position, the shutter further including a plurality of holes extending through at least a portion of the polymer material, the holes being substantially invisible to an unaided human eye, the holes having a diameter or major distance of 10-30 microns, and said diameter or major distance being between half of the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade and five times the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade, the holes further being sized, shaped, and arranged to form a passive shading element providing progressive shading from the sun when the polymer material is extended for the shutter closed position; wherein the first and second conductive films are configured to be electrically connectable to a power source that is controllable to selectively set up an electric potential difference to drive the polymer material between the shutter open and closed positions. First and second substrates, each having interior and exterior major surfaces, the interior major surface of the first substrate facing the interior major surface of the second substrate; a spacer system for helping to maintain the first and second substrates in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another and to define a gap therebetween; and a dynamically controllable shade (202a, 202b) interposed between the first and second substrates, the shade (202a, 202b) including: a first conductive film provided, directly or indirectly, on the interior major surface of the first substrate; a dielectric or insulator film provided, directly or indirectly, on the first conductive film; and a shutter including a polymer material supporting a second conductive film, the polymer material being extendible to serve as a shutter closed position and retractable to serve as a shutter open position, the shutter further including a plurality of holes extending through at least a portion of the polymer material, the holes being substantially invisible to an unaided human eye, the holes having a diameter or major distance of 10-30 microns, and said diameter or major distance being between half of the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade and five times the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade, the holes further being sized, shaped, and arranged to form a passive shading element providing progressive shading from the sun when the polymer material is extended for the shutter closed position; a first conductive film provided, directly or indirectly, on the interior major surface of the first substrate; a dielectric or insulator film provided, directly or indirectly, on the first conductive film; and a shutter including a polymer material supporting a second conductive film, the polymer material being extendible to serve as a shutter closed position and retractable to serve as a shutter open position, the shutter further including a plurality of holes extending through at least a portion of the polymer material, the holes being substantially invisible to an unaided human eye, the holes having a diameter or major distance of 10-30 microns, and said diameter or major distance being between half of the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade and five times the thickness of said dynamically controllable shade, the holes further being sized, shaped, and arranged to form a passive shading element providing progressive shading from the sun when the polymer material is extended for the shutter closed position; wherein the first and second conductive films are configured to be electrically connectable to a power source that is controllable to selectively set up an electric potential difference to drive the polymer material between the shutter open and closed positions.