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文章来源GAMESPOT，原文地址：http://www.gamespot.com/news/6151874.html
360 dashboard update detailed
Fresh coat of features added to Microsoft's next-gen console; download manager, dashboard startup, camera functionality among changes.
By Tim Surette, GameSpot
Posted May 25, 2006 5:01 pm PT
More Images (12) ?Though the Xbox 360 has only been on the market for just over six months, the console is getting its first major facelift. Microsoft today announced the first of what it hopes will be biannual major updates to the console's functions and user interface.
The Xbox 360 spring platform update does not have an official release date yet, but Microsoft hopes to have it ready for download over Xbox Live about a week from today. The update is the first considerable change to the 360 since its launch in November 2005 and is largely based on consumer feedback.
Many of the changes focus on making things easier to find when navigating the "blades" interface or downloading content on Xbox Live Marketplace. A new Media and Entertainment category has been added to the Marketplace menu, which features options to search for movie trailers and short films, television promos, music videos, and others instead of lumping them all together.
The other Marketplace categories have also been revamped. For example, game demos can be searched by genre, themes and gamer pictures have their own section, and game videos (that is, trailers) have been properly separated from movie trailers.
While 360 users have adored the ability to download content onto their machines, they've hated being pinned to the download screen, unable to perform any other activities during the process. The new download manager will allow up to six downloads to be queued up and prioritized, freeing gamers to continue browsing, playing music, or get some gaming in. Lag in online play shouldn't be a factor with background downloading. Once an online session is initiated, all downloads will pause, opening up bandwidth for the game. Once the player leaves the online game, downloading will resume.
When a download is complete, the content can be immediately accessed or applied. Just downloaded a trailer for BioShock? No need to navigate back through the menus like before--just select "play" when the notification comes up. Themes can also be instantly applied, rather than sifting through one's personal settings.
Other updates to the various media functions of the 360 include fast forward or rewind capabilities (up to 16x speed) in Marketplace videos, improved data retrieval for names of CDs and individual tracks, and the ability to resume playback on a DVD from where it was last stopped.
Sometimes, 360 owners just want to unwind with a game of Geometry Wars Evolved or listen to some tunes, but when powering on the machine, the game that was in the drive boots up. Not anymore. Gamers will have the option of setting the 360's default startup to the dashboard or whatever disc is in the drive.
The system's online functions will also have a few extras, as well. Now when a gamer is idle, it will say so on players' friends lists. There will also be an option to have separate gamer pics for friends and the general public. Presumably, this is gearing up for the compatibility with the Xbox 360 camera peripheral, which is supported by this update even though it won't be released until this fall. Until then, gamers can use available pics.
Though the update sounds like it will take up a large chunk of space, it doesn't require a single byte on the hard drive. It actually doesn't need a hard drive at all. The update is flashed to the 360's internal hardware and won't be stored on the hard drive, making it compatible with either SKU of the Xbox 360. It will initially be available online and may be available on disc further down the road.
Microsoft is already at work on a fall update, which the company says will be even more robust and will include more features.
本次更新绝大部分是根据玩家的反馈信息而做，官方论坛设立了专门的玩家意见和建议区，关键几点翻译一下：
1，Marketplace将增加一个名为Media and Entertainment的栏目，在这里可以搜索电影预告，短片，广告，MTV等等，以免这些东西胡乱的混在一起。
2，Marketplace的其他栏目也做了相应的修改，比如说游戏DEMO现在可以按照类型来搜索，主题和玩家卡片都分门别类摆放，游戏预告和电影预告被划分开来。
3，（相信是大家最希望见到的），360玩家在下载时将不再被限制在下载屏幕而不能进行其他操作，新增加名为Download Manager的控制，可以让玩家按自己喜欢的顺序来设置高达6个下载队列，而且在下载的同时，可以做别的事情，甚至是进入游戏，如果游戏需要用到网络，后台下载将会自动暂停以满足游戏需要，一旦玩家游戏不需要用到网络，比如单机游戏时，下载会自动继续。
4，下载的内容将可以立即运行，比如下载完游戏DEMO，将不再需要返回到DEMO菜单便可直接运行，主题也一样，不需要再退至个人设置，而是在下载完毕那一刻就可以立即生效。
5，更新后将可以对Marketplace里的视频进行高达16X的快进或者Rewind（倒带？），更新后可以更加详细的获取CD专集或单曲的相关信息，可以实现从上次停止的位置继续播放DVD的功能。（估计这一项是MS忘记了。。。。）
6，（又是大家希望看到的）有时候我们开机并不是为了玩游戏，但是光驱里如果有碟，主机就会自动进入游戏，你不得不用XBOX GUIDE键退出来，现在这个问题也解决了，更新后，玩家可以按喜好设置开机，是进入游戏（光驱有碟）还是进入Dashboard（不论是否有碟）。
7，系统的网络功能也得到了一些调整，比如现在如果玩家处于空闲的状态，将在别人的好友名单里显示空闲的状态，另外，允许玩家使用不同的头像来展示给朋友和大众，估计这项功能是为即将发售的360用摄像头准备的。
本次更新的项目众多，是否需要很大的空间来存放这些更新资料呢？答案是：NO！！！
本次更新将不会使用到任何硬盘空间，或者说根本不需要硬盘，更新资料是直接刷到360内置的硬件上，而不是存放在硬盘里。
目前MS正在完善本次更新，有可能会增加更多的功能，大家一起拭目以待。。。。。
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