扩大窗口流动性中心用第三方瓦片-拉斐尔发行“显示”瓦片

窗口流动性中心是手在最佳的特点下为流动个人计算机用户在窗口景色。它是很简单在我不知道的概念，易使用和有用的多少时间我每天会浪费，不用它。说到这点，我总祝愿它做了一少许更多比什么微软提供了作为基本的套八个瓦片或作用。

在4月，我提出建议实施第三方瓦片为流动性中心。而不是大厦盛放的应用与必须安装的专业用户界面和总跑在背景中-浪费资源，当您一天一次时只真正地需要，他们可能理想地修造流动性中心瓦片。

足够很快我的乐观来了到一次突然中断，当a Vikram Madan微软雇员，指出 WMC故意被制约从修造这些瓦片劝阻第三方开发商。反而，能力修造和分布瓦片仅是豪华对原始器材制造者，如实际上使成为可利用一些他们自己的瓦片的Lenovo，但是他们不是非常有用的。 Vikram解释，

“这是，因此任意应用不创作，并且安装他们自己的瓦片入mobiitity中心，从而稀释它是价值或焦点。并且，通过做它OEM独家新闻，我们给予OEMs鼓励不写是不仅讨厌的许多分开的小的附属程序，而且消耗可贵的系统资源”。

我不同意。瓦片安装的最后选择应该是由用户决定，并且，如果他们选择任意地安装crapware他们能看它然后是他们自己的缺点。只要它是一个开放平台，将有做正确的事的至少一位开发商，并且那可能是所有用户需要。

哪些是为什么我上星期挑战了拉斐尔里维拉Jr。 (谁最近修补雅虎的信使为窗口景色在X64运作在修补许多其他事之中)发现方式修造第三方瓦片为流动性集中。作为样品实施，我要他体会我那么绝望地要的“关闭显示”功能。

今天，拉斐尔不仅是发布第一个非OEM瓦片为窗口流动性中心但也显示怎么其他开发商能。因为它结果，它不是非常艰苦设法的不可能，正义微软的不显露怎么它做。

To try this “Display Off” third-party Windows Mobility Center tile for yourself:

Download and install the “Display off” tile installable.

Open the Windows Mobility Center (Shortcut: Windows + X), or run “C:\Windows\System32\mblctr.exe”.
Click “Turn off” in the tile to force your monitor to go to sleep.

To remove the tile, simply uninstall “Windows Mobility Center Tile: Display Off” from the Control Panel.

If you have a desktop computer and still want to use the Windows Mobility Center, download and execute this registry file which forces the WMC to load on any computer. Although not all the tiles will show up.

This is a great first step of what I hope will become the first of many useful third-party tiles.

Although as Rafael explains, there are two types of tiles - static and dynamic. A static tile, like this one, is the most simple to write because the contents of the tile does not change and it only has one action. Dynamic tiles, like most of Microsoft’s tiles, have many levels of actions are are updated to reflect current system settings like the volume for example. For more information there is a 47-page Microsoft documentation (PDF) on how to build these tiles.

Another limitation of the Windows Mobility Center is a limit on the number of tiles active at any one time. On top of the eight tiles provided by Microsoft, one can only add another 8 non-standard tiles to the Mobility Center. As well, there’s no front-end interface to install/uninstall or manage these tiles so it could become quite complicated. Rafael has proposed to build a “tiles manager” which will serve as a front-end interface to managing third-party tiles, but until then developers will have to implement installers/uninstallers themselves.

To all the developers out there looking for a challenge, take a look at the Windows Mobility Center as a platform to develop something as obvious yet useful as turning off a monitor on a laptop. To all the users out there, do you have any ideas for third-party tiles?

P.S. I take credit for designing the icon which I’m certain will win many awards.