Windows 8 "Directed Computing Experience": Play without having to log in

The recently leaked Windows 8 technical documentation and some patent applications have made Win8 have to attract everyone's attention. Recently, a new patent from Microsoft was dug up. The patent named "Directed Computing Experience" describes the use of notebooks. The DVD player comes to watch the new mode of the movie.

Microsoft plans to provide a streamlined functional model for computers, or a sandboxed mode, in which you can only open an application that uses a computer, such as a DVD player. In the patent application, Microsoft exemplifies: “A dedicated button or remote control device can open a special operating mode, such as opening a specific application. ”

<This special drive mechanism allows the device to operate in a limited or sandbox mode where only part of the operation can be performed, specifically by the manufacturer or End user settings. & nbsp; That is, if you only want to watch a movie and do no other work, then you only need to press a set button, the system will automatically need to find the media and start playing the video without having to log in to the account and wait for the whole Open the media player after the desktop is launched.

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This program sounds very suitable for notebook use, reduced functionality mode can greatly improve the battery Life time. Of course, this "targeted experience" should not be limited to buttons, but can also rely on other forms, such as plugging in USB devices.