The idea of extending Sharepoint with jQuery really piqued my interest and I think it might be useful for our scenario. I compiled some links I need to read to get up to speed on this, I will add to this if I find more of interest.
- http://blogs.technet.com/vedant/archive/2009/02/08/jquery-and-sharepoint-2007.aspx
- http://philwicklund.com/archive/2009/04/20/an-introduction-to-jquery-for-sharepoint-developers.aspx
- http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci1366874,00.html
- jQuery Test Panel for SharePoint