WPF Enhancements

Scott Guthrie blogged about the .NET 3.5 client product roadmap. Check out the post for full detail, and here’s a short list of the things to expect:

1. DropShadow and Blur Bitmap effects will be hardware accelerated.
2. Improvements on Text.
3. Media and Video Performance.
4. New WriteableBitmap API will enable real time bitmap manipulation.
5. New Controls like DataGrid, Ribbon and Calendar/DatePicker.
6. Improvements on the VS 2008 WPF Designer.

And one more thing you do not need to recompile your applications to befit from the new features!!! As long as you have the latest updates installed.