15.9. Deep Linking and Browser History

A major problem with Silverlight applications is that you cannot directly link to content within the application in the same way you can with web pages. This makes it difficult for users to share or bookmark content and makes search engine indexing impossible. Silverlight 3.0 attempts to solve this issue by using HTML bookmark syntax in your application's URL.

15.9.1. Navigation Application

Navigation Application is a new type of project in Silverlight 3.0. If you say Navigation Application quickly, it sounds like gangsta rap, argued Silverlight MVP Chris Hay, and he was right. But that doesn't have much to do with anything, so let's take a look at Navigation Application now:

  1. Create a new Silverlight Navigation ...

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