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This sample demonstrates a rich, powerful Silverlight application mimicking the desktop experience. You can open multiple windows, drag-drop an item to the recycle bin, view photos pulled from FLICKR, create and view your to-do lists and more. Click here to explore.

This sample demonstrates a rich and intuitive contact management application. Double click on a contact to open the detail and edit it. Click here to explore.

This sample uses UXAccordion’s multiple collapsible zone and drag drop capability to simulate IM contact list management. You can move a contact from one group to another one. Click here to explore.

This sample demonstrates ClientUI’s content transition control. With 12 effects to choose from, you can create a visually engaging business application, such as this cool image slideshow. Click the play button and change the DefaultTransition property. Click here to explore.

This sample clearly demonstrates ClientUI’s routed command feature to provide consistent commanding interface. For instance, the Cut and Copy command in the tool bar, menu bar, and context menu are enabled only when there is a text selection. Click here to explore.

In general, Silverlight is a modern web application framework that enables you to build RIAs with richer graphics and stunning animations and hence resulting in a better user experience. In the scope of key business scenarios, unfortunately, Silverlight is seriously lacking numerous fundamentals which dramatically limiting developers and designers to create applications that are both rich and usable. The context of usable here refers to the implementation of usability standards required to deliver effective and intuitive user experiences.

Read more to learn how to build a better Silverlight RIAs that aren't just rich, but also satisfy the UX standards.

In this third series of my blog post on ClientUI, I’ll dive deep on the MVVM architectural pattern specifically in Silverlight and how our upcoming ClientUI brings together a robust and comprehensive solution that completely addresses many challenges in adopting MVVM design pattern from both architectural and UI perspectives.