- [#5384](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/5384) [`ddc02268`](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/ddc02268f731bd2ed04b7a5854accf3383f9a0da) - Allows the `gr.Dropdown` to have separate names and values, as well as enables `allow_custom_value` for multiselect dropdown. Thanks [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs)!
#### Improve startup performance and markdown support ([#5279](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/5279) [`fe057300`](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/fe057300f0672c62dab9d9b4501054ac5d45a4ec))
##### Improved markdown support
We now have better support for markdown in `gr.Markdown` and `gr.Dataframe`. Including syntax highlighting and Github Flavoured Markdown. We also have more consistent markdown behaviour and styling.
##### Various performance improvements
These improvements will be particularly beneficial to large applications.
- Rather than attaching events manually, they are now delegated, leading to a significant performance improvement and addressing a performance regression introduced in a recent version of Gradio. App startup for large applications is now around twice as fast.
- Optimised the mounting of individual components, leading to a modest performance improvement during startup (~30%).
- Corrected an issue that was causing markdown to re-render infinitely.
- Ensured that the `gr.3DModel` does re-render prematurely.
- [#5215](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/5215) [`fbdad78a`](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/fbdad78af4c47454cbb570f88cc14bf4479bbceb) - Lazy load interactive or static variants of a component individually, rather than loading both variants regardless. This change will improve performance for many applications. Thanks [@pngwn](https://github.com/pngwn)!
- [#5232](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/5232) [`c57d4c23`](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/c57d4c232a97e03b4671f9e9edc3af456438fe89) - `gr.Radio` and `gr.CheckboxGroup` can now accept different names and values. Thanks [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs)!