Blacklight is a UX focussed code sharing project lead by Martin Grayson (a User Experience Developer for Microsoft Consulting Services UK). This project provides a number of designer-focussed controls for Silverlight and WPF. These controls enable designers to create great user experiences without code.

The latest release is packed with Visual Controls and styles, Interaction Controls such as custom panels and most recently Connected Controls for data-rich applications that allow you to easily incorporate Live Search and Syndication into your applications.

Visit the Showcase to see the controls in action or download Blacklight for use on your own projects from the Blacklight codeplex site.

To read more about the features in this release you can click to view Martin's blog post.