Chris Gilmer , Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Silverlight 2 Beta2 was released today. The upgraded application can be download together with the Visual Studio and Expression Blend tools.

Microsoft’s cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in that delivers “next generation” .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Beta2 adds new features into its small and streamlined 4.6 MB download.

So whats new?

• More built in controls
• Template editing support
• Visual state manager support
• Textbox upgrades
• UI Automation and Accessibility
• Animation and Graphic support
• Deep zoom
• Adaptive Streaming
• Content Protection
• Server Side Playlists
• Background Thread Networking
• Web Services
• JSON
• DataGrid
• DataBinding
• Isolated Storage

For more on these impressive new features, check out Microsoftie Scott Guthrie’s home.