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  1. Implement full UDP socket support

    UDP sockets are only partially implemented. Unicast sockets are essential to audio/video conferencing.

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    • compatibility with blackberry mobile phones and playbook

      Compability with blackberry products (mobile and playbook)

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      • 10 votes
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        • TextBlock needs a TextChanged event

          TextBlock needs a TextChanged event. The Text is using binding and when NotifyPropertyChanged occurs, I need to have a UI event.

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          • Enhance printing support

            Support to get default printer settings (Printer, Page size, Orientation etc), so that it can be used to design a print preview.

            Also there should be support to apply those settings for a print from Silverlight, so user can select a desired page size form the application and printer should use that size.

            4 votes
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            • implement pivotviwer for wpf

              Implement pivotviewer control for wpf

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              • 3 votes
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                • Add Language Context in addition to Data Context for Internationalization

                  Currently it is possible to have bind-able properties on on the Data Context for the text of each button or label, but this increases coupling between the logic and the view. If there was a way to give a control a language context and have it handle the task of translation or be able to be swapped out with a different language context then the data can continue being UI agnostic.
                  Example: <Button Content="{Language OKText}" Command="{Binding CommandSubmit}">. The CommandSubmit is a delegate on the DataContext and OKText is a property on the LanguageContext

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                  • pls silverlight android platform

                    there ısn t any sılverlıght androıd platform.why?ıf you do ıt you wıll be best

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                    • Fix sluggishness on mac. I have several examples which run fine on Windows and barely work on mac.

                      Listbox under safari is brutally slow. If you need an example I can provide one, thx.

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                      • For Android please So you are Microsoft , they are minimal google.d

                        For Android please So you are Microsoft , they are minimal google.d

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                        • Please give us Silverlight 6 and future releases

                          I think every microsoft customer will be happy. In this case the customers will have trust on ms.

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                          • Fix everything with silverlight. It is still not working correctly. Why do people use it? I dont know

                            Make silver light a lot better without the video frame freezing all the time. Its been like this for ages even after the last two updates

                            7 votes
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                            • 3 votes
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                              • 4 votes
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                                • UDP Unicast Support in Silverlight 6.

                                  UDP Unicast Support in Silverlight 6.
                                  One of the best features that can be added to sl6, is udp unicast support. As sl4 and 5 support udp multicast, but because of restrictions in routers, it cannot be used in interlet or some local network and routers rejects multicast packets. I think it would be a great idea for game and video/voice chat developers. Thank you...

                                  13 votes
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                                  • Open up WCF RIA Classes

                                    Please unseal the classes in the System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client library. Particularly, EntityRef and EntityCollection. As described here: http://forums.silverlight.net/p/255737/638926.aspx/1?Re+EntityRef+performance+issues there is an inherent inefficiencies in these classes that can be resolved with a few well-placed dictionaries.

                                    Change all internal interfaces to public. While you're at it, change all private members and methods to protected and virtual.

                                    The WCF RIA team went out of their way to make the client-side code generation extensible, but there's only so much I can do when:
                                    1. EntityCollection is sealed
                                    2. EntityCollection.AddEntity() is private
                                    3. IEntityCollection is internal

                                    This means I can't:
                                    Derive from EntityCollection, call AddEntity() manually,…

                                    13 votes
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                                    • implement action recordings and coded UI tests in Silverlight 5

                                      Action recordings and coded UI tests were supported in SL4. But with the release of SL5 this functionality has been removed.

                                      47 votes
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                                      • SL for ANDROİDDD

                                        ANDROİD İLE SL KULLANMAK LAZIM!!!

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                                        • Data Binding for DataGrid.Columns property ...

                                          The DataGrid.Columns property does not allow for data binding and hence hinders straightforward runtime/dynamic column addition/deletion.

                                          Support it please!

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