diff -upr /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/includes/admin.inc quicktabs/includes/admin.inc
--- /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/includes/admin.inc	2009-11-21 08:48:22.000000000 -0500
+++ quicktabs/includes/admin.inc	2009-12-23 18:40:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ function _quicktabs_form($details) {
     'block' => t('Block'),
     'node' => t('Node'),
     'qtabs' => t('QTab'),
+    'url' => t('URL'),
   );
 
   if (module_exists('views')) {
@@ -265,6 +266,19 @@ function _quicktabs_form($details) {
     '#default_value' => isset($details['qtid']) ? $details['qtid'] : '',
   );
 
+  $form['url']['path'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'textfield',
+    '#title' => t('Path'),
+    '#description' => t('Internal or external path.') .' '. t('Example: node/add or http://www.externalsite.com or <front> for the homepage'),
+    '#size' => 20,
+    '#default_value' => isset($details['path']) ? $details['path'] : '',
+  );
+  $form['url']['target'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Open in a new window.'),
+    '#default_value' => isset($details['target']) ? $details['target'] : '',
+  );
+
   $form['type'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#options' => $tabtypes,
@@ -319,6 +333,7 @@ function theme_quicktabs_admin_form_tabs
         array('data' => (module_exists('views') ? drupal_render($form[$key]['view']) : ''), 'class' => 'qt-tab-content qt-tab-view-content'),
         array('data' => drupal_render($form[$key]['node']), 'class' => 'qt-tab-content qt-tab-node-content'),
         array('data' => drupal_render($form[$key]['qtabs']), 'class' => 'qt-tab-content qt-tab-qtabs-content'),
+        array('data' => drupal_render($form[$key]['url']), 'class' => 'qt-tab-content qt-tab-url-content'),
         array('data' => drupal_render($form[$key]['remove']), 'class' => 'qt-tab-remove'),
       ),
       'class' => 'draggable',
diff -upr /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js
--- /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js	2009-09-28 23:02:37.000000000 -0400
+++ quicktabs/js/quicktabs.js	2009-12-23 20:40:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ Drupal.quicktabs.prepare = function(el) 
   var qtid = el.id.substring(el.id.indexOf('-') +1);
 
   $(el).find('ul.quicktabs_tabs li a').each(function(){
+    anchor = $(this);
+    
     this.myTabIndex = i++;
     this.qtid = qtid;
-    $(this).bind('click', quicktabsClick);
+    if(!anchor.hasClass("qt_url")){
+      anchor.bind('click', quicktabsClick);
+    } 
+    else if(anchor.attr('rel') == 'external') {
+      this.target = "_blank";  
+    }
+
   });
 
   // Search for the active tab.
diff -upr /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/quicktabs.module quicktabs/quicktabs.module
--- /Users/alex/Desktop/quicktabs/quicktabs.module	2009-11-21 20:30:19.000000000 -0500
+++ quicktabs/quicktabs.module	2009-12-23 20:18:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ function theme_quicktabs_tabs($quicktabs
     if (module_exists('i18nstrings')) {
       $tab['title'] = tt("quicktabs:tab:$quicktabs[qtid]--$tabkey:title", $tab['title']);
     }
-    $output .= '<li'. $attributes_li .'>'. l($tab['title'], $_GET['q'], $options) .'</li>';
+
+    $href = $tab['type'] == "url" ? $tab['path'] : $_GET['q'];
+    $output .= '<li'. $attributes_li .'>'. l($tab['title'], $href, $options) .'</li>';
     $index++;
   }
   $output .= '</ul>';
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ function theme_quicktabs_tabs($quicktabs
  */
 function _quicktabs_construct_link_options($quicktabs, $tabkey) {
   $qtid = $quicktabs['qtid'];
-  $ajax = $quicktabs['ajax'];
+  $ajax = $tab['type'] == 'url' ? $quicktabs['ajax'] : FALSE;
   $tab = $quicktabs['tabs'][$tabkey];
   $id = 'quicktabs-tab-'. implode('-', array($qtid, $tabkey));
 
@@ -370,6 +372,17 @@ function _quicktabs_construct_link_optio
     'fragment' => 'quicktabs-'. $qtid,
   );
 
+  // Cleanup link options for tabs of type 'URL'
+  if ($tab['type'] == 'url'){
+    $link_options['query'] = '';
+    $link_options['fragment'] = '';
+    $link_options['attributes']['class'] .= ' qt_url';
+    
+    if ($tab['target']){
+      $link_options['attributes']['rel'] = "external";
+    }
+  }
+
   return $link_options;
 }