diff -urp quicktabs.orig/includes/admin.inc quicktabs/includes/admin.inc
--- quicktabs.orig/includes/admin.inc	2009-01-22 18:35:22.000000000 +1030
+++ quicktabs/includes/admin.inc	2009-01-22 18:33:44.000000000 +1030
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function _quicktabs_form($details) {
       '#size' => '40',
       '#required' => FALSE,
       '#default_value' => isset($details['args']) ? $details['args'] : '',
-      '#description' => t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view.'),
+      '#description' => t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view. You may use "%1" to obtain the second argument etc.'),
     );
     $form['view']['get_displays'] = array(
       '#type' => 'submit',
diff -urp quicktabs.orig/js/quicktabs.js quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js
--- quicktabs.orig/js/quicktabs.js	2009-01-22 18:35:22.000000000 +1030
+++ quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js	2009-01-27 16:06:13.000000000 +1030
@@ -95,12 +95,7 @@ Drupal.quicktabs.tab.prototype.quicktabs
   if (ajax_path.constructor.toString().indexOf("Array") != -1) {
     ajax_path = ajax_path[0];
   }
-  var args;
-  if (tab.tabDetails.length == 6) {
-    args = tab.tabDetails[5].replace(/-/g, '/');
-  } else {
-    args = '';
-  }
+  var args = Drupal.settings.views.ajaxViews[tab.qtid].view_args;
   var viewData = {
     'view_name': tab.tabDetails[3],
     'view_display_id': tab.tabDetails[4],
@@ -168,4 +163,4 @@ var quicktabsClick = function() {
 Drupal.theme.prototype.quicktabsResponse = function(tab, result) {
   var newDiv = tab.tabType == 'view' ? '<div id="' + tab.tabpage_id + '" class="quicktabs_tabpage"><div></div></div>' : '<div id="' + tab.tabpage_id + '" class="quicktabs_tabpage">' + result['data'] + '</div>';
   return newDiv;
-}; 
+};
diff -urp quicktabs.orig/quicktabs.module quicktabs/quicktabs.module
--- quicktabs.orig/quicktabs.module	2009-01-22 18:35:22.000000000 +1030
+++ quicktabs/quicktabs.module	2009-01-27 16:05:26.000000000 +1030
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ function _quicktabs_construct_tab_attrib
     case 'view':
       if (module_exists('views')) {
         if ($tab['args'] != '') {
-          $details = array($tab['vid'], $tab['display'], str_replace(',', '-', $tab['args']));
+          $details = array($tab['vid'], $tab['display'], str_replace(',', '-', str_replace('%', 'arg', $tab['args'])));
         }
         else {
           $details = array($tab['vid'], $tab['display']);
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ function quicktabs_render_tabpage($tab) 
           if ($tab['args'] != '') {
             $args_array = explode(',', $tab['args']);
             foreach ($args_array as $arg) {
-              $args[] = trim($arg);
+              $arg = trim($arg);
+              if (strpos($arg, '%') === 0) {
+                $arg = arg(substr($arg, 1));
+              }
+              $args[] = $arg;
             }
           }
           $func_args = array_merge(array($tab['vid'], $tab['display']), $args);
@@ -558,10 +562,15 @@ function _quicktabs_prepare_views($tabs)
     views_add_js('ajax_view');
     views_add_css('views');
     foreach ($tabs as $key => $tab) {
+      $args = array();
       if ($tab['type'] == 'view') {
         $args_array = explode(',', $tab['args']);
         foreach ($args_array as $arg) {
-          $args[] = trim($arg);
+          $arg = trim($arg);
+          if (strpos($arg, '%') === 0) {
+            $arg = arg(substr($arg, 1));
+          }
+          $args[] = $arg;
         }
         // We need to pass view details to js in case there is ajax paging.
         $settings = array(