We would like to see a functionality where one can define a default view tab per <headertabs /> definition (and not using LocalSettings). When using <headertabs / default="foo"> instead of going to the first tab the default="foo" would define a default tab that is viewed first. For example using HT in SForms where the general textarea needs to come last, means that the user always have to go through other tabs before he/she can start writing and having a possibility to declare <headertabs / default="foo"> would save some time for the user.
Topic on Extension:Header Tabs/Roadmap
I may have reinvented the wheel and the code is not well tested, but the patches below are good enough for me and might be for others as well:
diff HeaderTabs-HEAD-7bfd0ae/HeaderTabs_body.jq.php HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs_body.jq.php
diff HeaderTabs-HEAD-7bfd0ae/skins-jquery/ext.headertabs.core.js HeaderTabs/skins-jqueryext.headertabs.core.js
Now you can use <headertabs default="Tab-name"/> so the page loads with that tab selected by default instead of the first tab mentioned on the page.