Coming back to a dead thread that I started.. .thought I'd pass on the solution I ended up using.
Really simple one actually:
1. Grab this:
http://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/tabber/2. Drop the tabber.js into your /ubb_js folder
3. Just add the appropriate bits of javascript to your templates as needed.
Going this route was far easier (for me anyway :p) than trying to pieces-parts things out of the admin pages.
