Developing with the new User Interface Features in Sharepoint 2010 \\ Speaker – Elisabeth Olson

Sharepoint 2010 has some great new UI features, mainly the incorporation of the ribbon. In addition to the ribbon is the idea of keeping the user ‘in context’. The idea is that if the user needs to enter in information or change something then instead of getting redirected to a different page, a modal dialog should be used instead. So even though the same goal is accomplished, the context is preserved because the previous page that user was on is still visible behind the modal dialog.  The new ribbon and these modal dialogs can all be customized. Another great thing about the new sharepoint 2010 is that all of the menus are ajax, so that means no postbacks. It looks very slick.