I presented “What’s New in Silverlight 5″ at the Sydney Silverlight Designer and Developers Network meeting (which I run), focusing on the new business application related features in Silverlight 5 (Jose Fajardo covered the new 3D features). You can download the source code for the application I wrote demonstrating the new features here (also includes my PowerPoint slides):
The sample currently demonstrates the following new features in Silverlight 5:
New XAML Features
- Custom markup extensions
- Implicit data templates
- Binding in style setters
New Debugging Features
- Setting a breakpoint in XAML to debug a binding
New Control Features
- RichTextBox overflow
- ClickCount
- ListBox/ComboBox type ahead searching
New Elevated Trust Features
- Elevated Trust inside the browser
- Create/display new OS windows
- WebBrowser and toast notifications whilst inside the browser
- Unrestricted access to the file system (without user involvement)
- Default file name in SaveFileDialog
Posted by Chris Anderson 
