Wow, in early February I saw a Silverlight 2.0 demo for consumer engagement in the banking industry. The "eye-candy" value was huge but what really impressed me was the funcationality and ease-of-use provided by the Silverlight controls, meters, buttons, etc. for the end user. It was immediately easy to see the applicability to health plan member portals and other end-user browser based applications.
Silverlight 2.0 provides controls for charts, image sliders and more. SIlverlight 2.0 will enable developers to create apps having: