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File:Windows ME build 2358 Help Center 1553083884.or.62629.png|Help Center and System Properties (Source: Overdoze)<ref name = "overdoze" /> | File:Windows ME build 2358 Help Center 1553083884.or.62629.png|Help Center and System Properties in [[Windows ME/4.90.2358.0|build 2358]] (Source: Overdoze)<ref name = "overdoze" /> | ||
|accessdate = 8 April 2022}}</ref> | |accessdate = 8 April 2022}}</ref> | ||
File:Windows ME build 2358 Start page 1553103695.or.55271.png|Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | File:Windows ME build 2358 Start page 1553103695.or.55271.png|Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | ||
File:Windows ME build 2358 Customize Start page 1553103946.or.57316.png|Customize Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | File:Windows ME build 2358 Customize Start page 1553103946.or.57316.png|Customize Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | ||
File:Windows ME build 2358 Music Center 1553103735.or.21628.png|Music Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | File:Windows ME build 2358 Music Center 1553103735.or.21628.png|Music Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | ||
Windows ME build 2358 Photo Center 1553103745.or.84583.png|Photo Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | File:Windows ME build 2358 Photo Center 1553103745.or.84583.png|Photo Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)<ref name = "lukasmarsik" /> | ||
File:2380.gif|Help and Support in [[Windows ME/4.90.2380.2|Beta 1 build 2380.2]] | |||
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=== Windows XP source code === | |||
BetaArchive user TinaMeineKatze pointed out that what look like Activity Centers concept art screenshots are available in the Windows XP source code that leaked in 2020.<ref name = xpsc">{{cite web | |||
|author = TinaMeineKatze | |||
|title=Re: M$ source code leak apparently contains XP | |||
|url=https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454198#p454198 | |||
|publisher=BetaArchive | |||
|date=26 September 2020 | |||
|accessdate=8 April 2022}}</ref> | |||
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File:Monthly view from XP source code 1601088280.or.67849.png|"<code>./NT/windows/advcore/duser/resources/monthlyview.bmp</code>" (Source: TinaMeineKatze)<ref name = xpsc" /> | |||
File:Daily view from XP source code 1601118082.or.39850.png | |||
|"<code>./NT/windows/advcore/duser/resources/dailyview.bmp</code>" (Source: TinaMeineKatze)<ref name = xpsc" /> | |||
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Revision as of 11:21, 8 April 2022
Activity Centers was a Microsoft Windows feature originally intended for Windows ME, then Windows Neptune,[1] then Windows XP,[2][3] before being scrapped early on in XP's development.
Activity Centers would have been single-window applications, written in a combination of HTML and the Win32 API, that facilitate easy ways to complete common tasks. By default, Activity Centers would have opened to a "home page", which would contain links to the top priority tasks exposed by the application. Secondary Task pages would have provided the user with obvious ways to complete single tasks.[3]
The user interface would have been divided horizontally into a "navbar" and a larger content area. The navbar would have provided a simplified navigational scheme similar to that in a Web browser, so that "back" and "forward" buttons are provided along with other common buttons.[3]
Windows ME was originally envisioned to include several Activity Centers. The Start page, Photo Center, Music Center, Help Center, and System Restore are available but hidden by default in Windows ME build 2358[4][5] However, according to Paul Thurrott, by the release of Beta 1 in the fall of 1999, it was clear that the underlying Activity Center technology was not going to be far enough along to provide the needed HTML hooks into the more traditional Win32 interface. Therefore, only the Help Center (renamed Help and Support Center) and System Restore shipped in Windows ME RTM. AutoUpdate, intended to be an Activity Center, became a traditional application. Windows Media Player was expanded and redesigned to perform the features intended for the Music Center.[3]
Gallery
Windows ME
![Help Center and System Properties in build 2358 (Source: Overdoze)[4]](/wiki/images/thumb/2/2c/Windows_ME_build_2358_Help_Center_1553083884.or.62629.png/120px-Windows_ME_build_2358_Help_Center_1553083884.or.62629.png)
Help Center and System Properties in build 2358 (Source: Overdoze)[4]
![Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/c/cf/Windows_ME_build_2358_Start_page_1553103695.or.55271.png/120px-Windows_ME_build_2358_Start_page_1553103695.or.55271.png)
Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]
![Customize Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/4/47/Windows_ME_build_2358_Customize_Start_page_1553103946.or.57316.png/120px-Windows_ME_build_2358_Customize_Start_page_1553103946.or.57316.png)
Customize Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]
![Music Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/7/7e/Windows_ME_build_2358_Music_Center_1553103735.or.21628.png/120px-Windows_ME_build_2358_Music_Center_1553103735.or.21628.png)
Music Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]
![Photo Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/images/thumb/5/50/Windows_ME_build_2358_Photo_Center_1553103745.or.84583.png/120px-Windows_ME_build_2358_Photo_Center_1553103745.or.84583.png)
Photo Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]
Help and Support in Beta 1 build 2380.2
![Help Center and System Properties in build 2358 (Source: Overdoze)[4]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_ME_build_2358_Help_Center_1553083884.or.62629.png)
![Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_ME_build_2358_Start_page_1553103695.or.55271.png)
![Customize Start page in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_ME_build_2358_Customize_Start_page_1553103946.or.57316.png)
![Music Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_ME_build_2358_Music_Center_1553103735.or.21628.png)
![Photo Center in build 2358 (Source: Lukas Marsik)[5]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_ME_build_2358_Photo_Center_1553103745.or.84583.png)
Windows XP source code
BetaArchive user TinaMeineKatze pointed out that what look like Activity Centers concept art screenshots are available in the Windows XP source code that leaked in 2020.[6]
!["./NT/windows/advcore/duser/resources/monthlyview.bmp" (Source: TinaMeineKatze)[6]](/wiki/images/thumb/a/ac/Monthly_view_from_XP_source_code_1601088280.or.67849.png/120px-Monthly_view_from_XP_source_code_1601088280.or.67849.png)
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./NT/windows/advcore/duser/resources/monthlyview.bmp" (Source: TinaMeineKatze)[6]
!["./NT/windows/advcore/duser/resources/monthlyview.bmp" (Source: TinaMeineKatze)[6]](/wiki/index.php?title=File:Monthly_view_from_XP_source_code_1601088280.or.67849.png)
References
- ↑ Thurrott, Paul (5 July 2000). The Road to Gold: The development of Windows Me. Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
- ↑ Thurrott, Paul (5 March 2000). Activity Centers, A Windows Me technology showcase. Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Thurrott, Paul (5 July 2000). Activity Centers Preview. Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. Archived from the original on 4 May 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Overdoze (20 March 2019). [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Lukas Marsik (21 March 2019). Re: [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 TinaMeineKatze (26 September 2020). Re: M$ source code leak apparently contains XP. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
