SharePoint 2010 introduces the new Dialog functionality that allows users to easily edit and update items from links on a page without having to leave that page; this works well and has a nice user experience.  The dialog functionality is primarily intended for use when editing list items or document properties, but I have had numerous requests to open other content (like news items) in dialogs as well.  This is relatively simple to do through JavaScript but does require a developer to be involved for each request, which is often time-consuming and expensive.  Ideally, there should be a way for the Content Authors themselves to specify which links open as dialogs and which do not.  Click to read the full post