擴大窗口流動性中心用第三方瓦片-拉斐爾發行「顯示」瓦片

窗口流動性中心是手在最佳的特點下為流動個人計算機用戶在窗口景色。它是很簡單在我不知道的概念，易使用和有用的多少時間我每天會浪費，不用它。說到這點，我總祝願它做了一少許更多比什麼微軟提供了作為基本的套八個瓦片或作用。

在4月，我提出建議實施第三方瓦片為流動性中心。而不是大廈盛放的應用與必須安裝的專業用戶界面和總跑在背景中-浪費資源，當您一天一次時只真正地需要，他們可能理想地修造流動性中心瓦片。

足够很快我的樂觀來了到一次突然中斷，當a Vikram Madan微軟雇員，指出 WMC故意被制約從修造這些瓦片勸阻第三方開發商。反而，能力修造和分佈瓦片仅是豪華對原始器材製造者，如實際上使成為可利用一些他們自己的瓦片的Lenovo，但是他們不是非常有用的。 Vikram解釋，

「這是，因此任意應用不創作，并且安裝他們自己的瓦片入mobiitity中心，從而稀釋它是價值或焦點。並且，通過做它OEM獨家新聞，我們給予OEMs鼓勵不寫是不僅討厭的許多分開的小的附屬程序，而且消耗可貴的系統資源」。

我不同意。瓦片安裝的最後選擇應該是由用戶決定，并且，如果他們選擇任意地安裝crapware他們能看它然後是他們自己的缺點。只要它是一個開放平臺，將有做正確的事的至少一位開發商，并且那可能是所有用戶需要。

哪些是為什麼我上星期挑戰了拉斐爾里維拉Jr。 (誰最近修補雅虎的信使為窗口景色在X64運作在修補許多其他事之中)發現方式修造第三方瓦片為流動性集中。作為樣品實施，我要他體會我那麼绝望地要的「關閉顯示」功能。

今天，拉斐爾不僅是發布第一個非OEM瓦片為窗口流動性中心但也顯示怎麼其他開發商能。因為它結果，它不是非常艱苦設法的不可能，正義微軟的不顯露怎麼它做。

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.