Page Brooks will show you within only a few lines of code how to make your own custom loading screens in Silverlight.
About 99% of the time, when I watch a Silverlight application load, I see the standard loading animation. I’ve seen some really cool Silverlight applications with a highly polished user experience and yet, they don’t spend an extra 10 minutes to make the loading experience decent. This is very surprising to me because it is so very easy to make your own custom splash screen that blends much better than the standard splash.