One thing that is interesting about Silverlight 2.0 is that it makes a xap file which is really just a zip file. One thing that you can do to make a smaller xap file is to unzip it and rezip the files using your favorite zip program. On one app that we are working on, using the techniques mentioned in the article we save about 50%. This helps to make the file smaller for downloading and makes it faster for people with slower connections or systems. Take a look and see how much file size you can save....
http://designwithsilverlight.com/2009/01/04/shrinking-xap-size/
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Come to think of it, it does seem to provide transfer advantages. It may not be much, but at least we get a little practical use from it.
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