It’s not like we really need a new rails plugin, but this one I really saw the need for. Tabbed interfaces can really improve how your website looks and flows. Here’s a great article from smashingmagazine about how, when and why to use tabbed interfaces. Here’s a quick rundown of the plugin. Let me know what you think!

TabbedInterface

Build a tabbed interface very easily. Requires Prototype.

see a working example at http://tab-interface.heroku.com Install

./script/plugin install git://github.com/jondruse/tabbed_interface.git

Move the ajax-loader.gif from the resources folder to your public images folder, or go make one at http://www.ajaxload.info/. Whatever you do, just make sure you call it ajax-loader.gif.

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