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I've been playing with the Beta2, going through ASP.NET 2.0 - The Beta Version when I came across a great sample on WebParts.  Unfortunately, I hit a small snag though when trying the following code:

<asp:WebPartPageMenu ID="WebPartPageMenu1" Runat="server"
     MenuStyle-BorderColor="#000000" MenuStyle-BorderStyle="Solid"
     MenuStyle-BorderWidth="1" />

The WebPartPageMenu control provides a nice dropdown list of functions, such as browsing the catalog of WebParts, changing layouts, etc.  Here's an example:

Turns out, WebPartPageMenu is no longer in Beta2!!  You now have to do something like this:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    this.WebPartManager1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.CatalogDisplayMode;
  }
}

The WebPartManager class provides several options, such as EditDisplayMode, BrowseDisplayMode, etc.  Not pretty.  Looks like you essentially have to write from scratch what used to be available with the WebPartPageMenu??  Does anyone know if there are plans for a replacement or similar control in the final release??

Here's the Beta2 change information:

WebPartPageMenu Control

This control provided a convenient mechanism for switching page personalization modes in pages using the web parts control set. The UI generated by this control is a dropdown list or menu similar to Sharepoint. However, pages often require more flexibility for switching modes than this control provides, and the WebPartManager class makes it easy to programmatically switch personalization mode from any server control.

To switch modes, you can use an interactive server control such as a Button, LinkButton, or DropDownList, and write an event handler for it that programmatically switches the personalization mode. For example, the following code will switch the personalization mode of a WebPartManager:  

WebPartManager1.DisplayMode = WebPartManager.DesignDisplayMode