Silverlight 5 Build 5.0.60401
Today at MIX11 keynote Scott Gu announced the beta version of Silverlight 5.
The release contains some really interesting features. Some of them got focus on line-of-business applications, some on media applications and some are more general like performance optimization and debugging bindings (yeah!).
Among the released features are:
- Multiple Window Support
- Ancestor RelativeSource Binding
- Implicit DataTemplates
- Unrestricted filesystem access
- ClickCount (DoubleClick Support)
- Realtime Sound (low-latency Audio)
- Linked Text containers
- Variable Speed Playback (TrickPlay base)
- Binding on Style Setter
- Custom Markup Extensions
- Performance Optimizations
- 3D Support
- Trusted Apps in Browser
- Debugging Bindings in XAML
- Default file name in SaveFileDialog
The Silverlight 5 Beta is a major step toward the final release and includes many of the significant features already announced. The Beta download link and full list of features is available at http://www.silverlight.net. Visual Studio and Expression Blend tooling support for the Silverlight 5 Beta is also available.
thomas martinsen 