I have made a few changes to the Sidebar Tabs plugin. Version 0.4 was uploaded tonight.

The most important change was a switch from Prototype to JQuery. This should make it less of a burden on load times and prevent the plugin from being compromised by plugins that bypass WordPress’s inbuilt script scheduling.

I have also added the facility to deal with sidebars where there are more tabs than the width of the sidebar can accommodate. It show now offer the option to ‘page’ the tabs where there is more than one row instead of simply wrapping around.

Finally, I have added a fade effect to the tab switchover.

You can read more about the plugin at the main plugin page here: http://www.wp-fun.co.uk/fun-with-sidebar-tabs/