Speaking of the future of WPF, ScottGu has a write up on all the improvements in WPF 4.
Here’s a condensed list:
Controls
- Controls for Building Rich Clients
- Bag O'Tricks is back
- Windows 7 & Office Ribbon Control
GRAPHICS
- Cached Composition
- Pixel Shader 3 Support
- LayoutRounding
- Animation Easing Function
- CleartypeHint
TEXT STACK
- New Text Rendering Stack
- BindableRun
- Custom Dictionaries
- Selection and Caret Brush
WINDOWS 7 LIGHT UP
- Windows 7 Multitouch Support
- Windows 7 Shell Integration
- Icon Overlays
- Progress Bars
- Thumbnail Toolbars
WPF FUNDAMENTALS
- New XAML/BAML Parser Engine
- Data Binding Support for DLR
- Visual State Manager (VSM)
- HTML-XBAP Script Interop
- UIAutomation Virtualization
- SynchronizedInput Pattern
CLIENT DEPLOYMENT
- .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
- Enhancements in NET4 Client Profile vs. NET 3.5 SP1 Client Profile
- .NET Framework 4 Client Profile (NEW)
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile
- Supported OS
- Redistributable
- Add Remove Programs entries
- Visual Studio
- Full Trust XBAP Deployment
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