从专利到现实：Windows 7的X光式浏览

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：从专利到现实：Windows 7的X光式浏览

 众所周知，Windows Vista给我们带来了精彩的Flip 3D功能。然而，早在2005年1月，微软就在开发一项专利功能，而直到今天，这一功能才得以实现。当时，微软提出了一项名为“X光式浏览”的Windows窗口切换概念，类似于Flip 3D.

该功能将会使得Windows的窗口变得透明，也许你会觉得透明嘛，不算什么，但这项专利并非是专注于透明的，而是一种新的组织窗口的方式。

目前，有许多切换窗口的方式。Windows中有ALT+TAB，任务栏按钮以及任务管理器列表；在Mac OSX中，有Apple-Tab,Dock和现在的Expose。而现在又有了“X光式浏览”。

在“X光式浏览”中，用户可以在已打开窗口中逐个快速浏览。除当前窗口为不透明并清晰可见外，其余窗口都会透明化，而当用户切换至别的窗口时，刚才的窗口又会和其他窗口一起逐渐变透明，而新的激活窗口又会清晰可见，如此循环。。。

如此，在浏览过程中，始终只有一个窗口保持不透明而其他窗口都将是透明的，这种浏览方式就是上述的“X光式浏览”。

而如今，这一功能已经以“Aero Peek”功能的形式出现在了Windows 7中。相信大家都已经从上次泄露的Windows 7 Build 6936截图中看到了这一功能，再来看一下：

从Aero Shake到AeroSnap，再到现在的“X光式浏览”的Aero Peek功能，单是管理窗口这一细节，Windows 7中就有3种很酷很实用的功能，可以说，Windows 7是越来越令人期待了。

附部分原文：
Windows Vista brings a feature we all love to show off, Flip 3D. A new way to organize and sort windows through a 3D interface resembling much to a ferris wheel. Whether or not it actually increase productivity requires more public feedback or even scientific testing, but it’s pretty at least. However in a patent application filed during January 2005, and only made publically available today, it reveals a windows navigation concept appropriate named “x-ray browsing” which might have been many of the alternatives under consideration for a feature like Flip 3D.

There is therefore a need for a method to allow users to quickly scan through open windows one at a time. According to one aspect of the invention, all but one of the open windows is made transparent. The remaining window, which is in focus, is made opaque and therefore clearly visible. In response, to a command, windows can be navigated through where each input causes a window previously not in focus to be in focus and become opaque, and causes the window in focus at the time of the command to become transparent. Thus, at all times during navigation, a single window is opaque and the other windows are transparent. This can be referred to as x-ray browsing.