Over the past couple of days (or is it weeks ;)), I have played with tons of tweaks and customizations for the virtualized CoverFlow. I think I finally have a winner from my project’s perspective. Although I can’t share that version, I’ll show you one that is a few days old. It is quite close to the final result, except for the visual polish.

So what are these enhancements ?

• Smoother animations
• Improvements to speed scrolling and animations at the edges. The edge animations come into play during the container recycling.
• Optimizations to container management. You can now tweak a few exposed parameters to improve performance. [Note: This is only for developers of the CoverFlow control and not for clients using the control]
• Use of lights and shadows with LinearGradientBrush

Have a look,