diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
index 5966d8900..a4272ef8a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
@@ -354,8 +354,10 @@ case 'add-comment' :
 		die('-1');
 	$search = isset($_POST['s']) ? $_POST['s'] : false;
 	$start = isset($_POST['page']) ? intval($_POST['page']) * 25 - 1: 24;
+	$status = isset($_POST['comment_status']) ? $_POST['comment_status'] : false;
+	$mode = isset($_POST['mode']) ? $_POST['mode'] : 'detail';
 
-	list($comments, $total) = _wp_get_comment_list( $search, $start, 1 );
+	list($comments, $total) = _wp_get_comment_list( $status, $search, $start, 1 );
 
 	if ( !$comments )
 		die('1');
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ case 'add-comment' :
 	foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment ) {
 		get_comment( $comment );
 		ob_start();
-			_wp_comment_list_item( $comment->comment_ID );
+			_wp_comment_row( $comment->comment_ID, $mode );
 			$comment_list_item = ob_get_contents();
 		ob_end_clean();
 		$x->add( array(
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index c9296f42a..4c90a78d9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ if ( isset($_GET['comment_status']) )
 	$comment_status = attribute_escape($_GET['comment_status']);
 else
 	$comment_status = '';
+
+if ( isset($_GET['s']) )
+	$search_dirty = $_GET['s'];
+else
+	$search_dirty = '';
+$search = attribute_escape( $search );
 ?>
 <?php
 if ( isset( $_GET['approved'] ) || isset( $_GET['deleted'] ) || isset( $_GET['spam'] ) ) {
@@ -105,12 +111,13 @@ unset($status_links);
 </ul>
 
 <p id="post-search">
-	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php if (isset($_GET['s'])) echo attribute_escape($_GET['s']); ?>" />
+	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo $search; ?>" />
 	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Comments' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" />
 <input type="hidden" name="comment_status" value="<?php echo $comment_status; ?>" />
+</form>
 
 <ul class="view-switch">
 	<li <?php if ( 'detail' == $mode ) echo "class='current'" ?>><a href="<?php echo clean_url(add_query_arg('mode', 'detail', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) ?>"><?php _e('Detail View') ?></a></li>
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ else
 
 $start = $offset = ( $page - 1 ) * 20;
 
-list($_comments, $total) = _wp_get_comment_list( $comment_status, isset($_GET['s']) ? $_GET['s'] : false, $start, 25 ); // Grab a few extra
+list($_comments, $total) = _wp_get_comment_list( $comment_status, $search_dirty, $start, 25 ); // Grab a few extra
 
 $comments = array_slice($_comments, 0, 20);
 $extra_comments = array_slice($_comments, 20);
@@ -140,6 +147,8 @@ $page_links = paginate_links( array(
 
 ?>
 
+<form id="comments-form" action="" method="post">
+
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -175,64 +184,28 @@ if ($comments) {
 </thead>
 <tbody id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment">
 <?php
-	foreach ($comments as $comment) {
-		$post = get_post($comment->comment_post_ID);
-		$authordata = get_userdata($post->post_author);
-		$the_comment_status = wp_get_comment_status($comment->comment_ID);
-		$class = ('unapproved' == $the_comment_status) ? 'unapproved' : '';
-		$post_link = '<a href="' . get_comment_link() . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>';
-		$author_url = get_comment_author_url();
-		if ( 'http://' == $author_url )
-			$author_url = '';
-		$author_url_display = $author_url;
-		if ( strlen($author_url_display) > 50 )
-			$author_url_display = substr($author_url_display, 0, 49) . '...';
-		$ptime = get_post_time('G', true);
-		if ( ( abs(time() - $ptime) ) < 86400 )
-			$ptime = sprintf( __('%s ago'), human_time_diff( $ptime ) );
-		else
-			$ptime = mysql2date(__('Y/m/d \a\t g:i A'), $post->post_date);
-
-		$delete_url  = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "delete-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
-		$approve_url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=approvecomment&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "approve-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
-		$spam_url    = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&dt=spam&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "delete-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
-			
+	foreach ($comments as $comment)
+		_wp_comment_row( $comment->comment_ID, $mode );
 ?>
-  <tr id="comment-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class='<?php echo $class; ?>'>
-    <td style="text-align: center;"><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="delete_comments[]" value="<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" /><?php } ?></td>
-    <td class="comment">
-    <p class="comment-author"><strong><a class="row-title" href="comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=<?php echo $comment->comment_ID?>"><?php comment_author(); ?></a></strong><br />
-    <?php if ( !empty($author_url) ) : ?>
-    <a href="<?php echo $author_url ?>"><?php echo $author_url_display; ?></a> |
-    <?php endif; ?>
-    <?php if ( !empty($comment->comment_author_email) ): ?>
-    <?php comment_author_email_link() ?> |
-    <?php endif; ?>
-    <a href="edit-comments.php?s=<?php comment_author_IP() ?>&amp;mode=detail"><?php comment_author_IP() ?></a>
-    </p>
-   	<p><?php if ( 'list' == $mode ) comment_excerpt(); else comment_text(); ?></p>
-   	<p><?php printf(__('From %1$s, %2$s'), $post_link, $ptime) ?></p>
-    </td>
-    <td><?php comment_date(__('Y/m/d')); ?></td>
-    <td>
-    <?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
-    	if ( 'approved' != $the_comment_status ) {
-		if ( $comment_status ) // we're looking at list of only approved or only unapproved comments
-			echo "<a href='$approve_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:33FF33:action=dim-comment' title='" . __( 'Approve this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Approve' ) . '</a> | ';
-		else // we're looking at all comments
-			echo "<span class='approve'><a href='$approve_url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:unapproved:none:33FF33' title='" . __( 'Approve this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Approve' ) . '</a> | </span>';
-	}
-    	echo "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . __( 'Spam' ) . '</a> | ';
-		echo "<a href='$delete_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID delete'>" . __('Delete') . '</a>';
-	}
-	?>
-	</td>
-  </tr>
-		<?php
-		} // end foreach
-	?></tbody>
+</tbody>
+<tbody id="the-extra-comment-list" class="list:comment" style="display: none;">
+<?php
+	foreach ($extra_comments as $comment)
+		_wp_comment_row( $comment->comment_ID, $mode );
+?>
+</tbody>
 </table>
 
+</form>
+
+<form id="get-extra-comments" method="post" action="" class="add:the-extra-comment-list:" style="display: none;">
+	<input type="hidden" name="s" value="<?php echo $search; ?>" />
+	<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" />
+	<input type="hidden" name="comment_status" value="<?php echo $comment_status; ?>" />
+	<input type="hidden" name="page" value="<?php echo isset($_REQUEST['page']) ? absint( $_REQUEST['page'] ) : 1; ?>" />
+	<?php wp_nonce_field( 'add-comment', '_ajax_nonce', false ); ?>
+</form>
+
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
 <?php
 } else {
@@ -251,4 +224,6 @@ if ( $page_links )
 <br style="clear:both;" />
 </div>
 
+</div>
+
 <?php include('admin-footer.php'); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 71e8b6182..6784f370d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -164,26 +164,41 @@ if ($posts) {
 </div>
 
 <?php
-if ( 1 == count($posts) && isset( $_GET['page_id'] ) ) {
+
+if ( 1 == count($posts) && isset( $_GET['page_id'] ) ) :
 
 	$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = $id AND comment_approved != 'spam' ORDER BY comment_date");
-	if ($comments) {
+	if ( $comments ) :
 		// Make sure comments, post, and post_author are cached
 		update_comment_cache($comments);
 		$post = get_post($id);
 		$authordata = get_userdata($post->post_author);
 	?>
-<h3 id="comments"><?php _e('Comments') ?></h3>
-<ol id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment commentlist">
+
+<br class="clear" />
+
+<table class="widefat" style="margin-top: .5em">
+<thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Comment') ?></th>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Date') ?></th>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Actions') ?></th>
+  </tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment">
 <?php
-		$i = 0;
-		foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
-			_wp_comment_list_item( $comment->comment_ID, ++$i );
-		}
-	echo '</ol>';
-	} // end if comments
+	foreach ($comments as $comment)
+		_wp_comment_row( $comment->comment_ID, 'detail', false );
+?>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<?php
+
+endif; // comments
+endif; // posts;
+
 ?>
-<?php } ?>
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 967ab5bcd..8e61e1431 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -184,31 +184,46 @@ foreach ($arc_result as $arc_row) {
 if ( $page_links )
 	echo "<div class='tablenav-pages'>$page_links</div>";
 ?>
-<br style="clear:both;" />
+<br class="clear" />
 </div>
 
 <?php
 
-if ( 1 == count($posts) && isset( $_GET['p'] ) ) {
+if ( 1 == count($posts) && isset( $_GET['p'] ) ) :
 
 	$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = $id AND comment_approved != 'spam' ORDER BY comment_date");
-	if ($comments) {
+	if ( $comments ) :
 		// Make sure comments, post, and post_author are cached
 		update_comment_cache($comments);
 		$post = get_post($id);
 		$authordata = get_userdata($post->post_author);
 	?>
-<h3 id="comments"><?php _e('Comments') ?></h3>
-<ol id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment commentlist">
+
+<br class="clear" />
+
+<table class="widefat" style="margin-top: .5em">
+<thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Comment') ?></th>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Date') ?></th>
+    <th scope="col"><?php _e('Actions') ?></th>
+  </tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment">
 <?php
-		$i = 0;
-		foreach ( $comments as $comment ) {
-			_wp_comment_list_item( $comment->comment_ID, ++$i );
-		}
-	echo '</ol>';
-	} // end if comments
+	foreach ($comments as $comment)
+		_wp_comment_row( $comment->comment_ID, 'detail', false );
 ?>
-<?php } ?>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<?php
+
+endif; // comments
+endif; // posts;
+
+?>
+
 </div>
 
 <?php include('admin-footer.php'); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 61c58e5fe..2e85eef91 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -592,49 +592,64 @@ function _wp_get_comment_list( $status = '', $s = false, $start, $num ) {
 	return array($comments, $total);
 }
 
-function _wp_comment_list_item( $id, $alt = 0 ) {
-	global $authordata, $comment;
-	$comment =& get_comment( $id );
-	$id = (int) $comment->comment_ID;
-	$class = '';
+function _wp_comment_row( $comment_id, $mode, $checkbox = true ) {
+	global $comment, $post;
+	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
 	$post = get_post($comment->comment_post_ID);
 	$authordata = get_userdata($post->post_author);
-	$comment_status = wp_get_comment_status($id);
-	if ( 'unapproved' == $comment_status )
-		$class .= ' unapproved';
-	if ( $alt % 2 )
-		$class .= ' alternate';
-	echo "<li id='comment-$id' class='$class'>";
+	$the_comment_status = wp_get_comment_status($comment->comment_ID);
+	$class = ('unapproved' == $the_comment_status) ? 'unapproved' : '';
+	$post_link = '<a href="' . get_comment_link() . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>';
+	$author_url = get_comment_author_url();
+	if ( 'http://' == $author_url )
+		$author_url = '';
+	$author_url_display = $author_url;
+	if ( strlen($author_url_display) > 50 )
+		$author_url_display = substr($author_url_display, 0, 49) . '...';
+	$ptime = get_post_time('G', true);
+	if ( ( abs(time() - $ptime) ) < 86400 )
+		$ptime = sprintf( __('%s ago'), human_time_diff( $ptime ) );
+	else
+		$ptime = mysql2date(__('Y/m/d \a\t g:i A'), $post->post_date);
+
+	$delete_url  = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "delete-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
+	$approve_url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=approvecomment&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "approve-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
+	$spam_url    = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&dt=spam&p=$comment->comment_post_ID&c=$comment->comment_ID", "delete-comment_$comment->comment_ID" ) );
+			
 ?>
-<p><strong class="comment-author"><?php comment_author(); ?></strong> <?php if ($comment->comment_author_email) { ?>| <?php comment_author_email_link() ?> <?php } if ($comment->comment_author_url && 'http://' != $comment->comment_author_url) { ?> | <?php comment_author_url_link() ?> <?php } ?>| <?php _e('IP:') ?> <a href="http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=<?php comment_author_IP() ?>"><?php comment_author_IP() ?></a></p>
-
-<?php comment_text() ?>
-
-<p><?php comment_date(__('M j, g:i A'));  ?> &#8212; [
-<?php
-if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
-	echo " <a href='comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=$id'>" .  __('Edit') . '</a>';
-	$url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=$comment->comment_post_ID&amp;c=$id", "delete-comment_$id" ) );
-	echo " | <a href='$url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$id'>" . __('Delete') . '</a> ';
-	if ( ('none' != $comment_status) && ( current_user_can('moderate_comments') ) ) {
-		$url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=unapprovecomment&amp;p=$comment->comment_post_ID&amp;c=$id", "unapprove-comment_$id" ) );
-		echo "<span class='unapprove'> | <a href='$url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$id:unapproved:FFFF33'>" . __('Unapprove') . '</a> </span>';
-		$url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=approvecomment&amp;p=$comment->comment_post_ID&amp;c=$id", "approve-comment_$id" ) );
-		echo "<span class='approve'> | <a href='$url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$id:unapproved:33FF33:33FF33'>" . __('Approve') . '</a> </span>';
+  <tr id="comment-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class='<?php echo $class; ?>'>
+<?php if ( $checkbox ) : ?>
+    <td style="text-align: center;"><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="delete_comments[]" value="<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" /><?php } ?></td>
+<?php endif; ?>
+    <td class="comment">
+    <p class="comment-author"><strong><a class="row-title" href="comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c=<?php echo $comment->comment_ID?>"><?php comment_author(); ?></a></strong><br />
+    <?php if ( !empty($author_url) ) : ?>
+    <a href="<?php echo $author_url ?>"><?php echo $author_url_display; ?></a> |
+    <?php endif; ?>
+    <?php if ( !empty($comment->comment_author_email) ): ?>
+    <?php comment_author_email_link() ?> |
+    <?php endif; ?>
+    <a href="edit-comments.php?s=<?php comment_author_IP() ?>&amp;mode=detail"><?php comment_author_IP() ?></a>
+    </p>
+   	<p><?php if ( 'list' == $mode ) comment_excerpt(); else comment_text(); ?></p>
+   	<p><?php printf(__('From %1$s, %2$s'), $post_link, $ptime) ?></p>
+    </td>
+    <td><?php comment_date(__('Y/m/d')); ?></td>
+    <td>
+    <?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
+    	if ( 'approved' != $the_comment_status ) {
+		if ( $comment_status ) // we're looking at list of only approved or only unapproved comments
+			echo "<a href='$approve_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:33FF33:action=dim-comment' title='" . __( 'Approve this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Approve' ) . '</a> | ';
+		else // we're looking at all comments
+			echo "<span class='approve'><a href='$approve_url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:unapproved:none:33FF33' title='" . __( 'Approve this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Approve' ) . '</a> | </span>';
 	}
-	$url = clean_url( wp_nonce_url( "comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;dt=spam&amp;p=$comment->comment_post_ID&amp;c=$id", "delete-comment_$id" ) );
-	echo " | <a href='$url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$id::spam=1'>" . __('Spam') . '</a> ';
-}
-if ( !is_single() ) {
-	$post = get_post($comment->comment_post_ID, OBJECT, 'display');
-	$post_title = wp_specialchars( $post->post_title, 'double' );
-	$post_title = ('' == $post_title) ? "# $comment->comment_post_ID" : $post_title;
-?>
- ] &#8212; <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($comment->comment_post_ID); ?>"><?php echo $post_title; ?></a>
-<?php } ?>
-</p>
-		</li>
-<?php
+    	echo "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . __( 'Spam' ) . '</a> | ';
+		echo "<a href='$delete_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID delete'>" . __('Delete') . '</a>';
+	}
+	?>
+	</td>
+  </tr>
+	<?php
 }
 
 function wp_dropdown_cats( $currentcat = 0, $currentparent = 0, $parent = 0, $level = 0, $categories = 0 ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js b/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
index a44a72704..adcfe472c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var list; var extra;
+var theList; var theExtraList;
 jQuery(function($) {
 
 var dimAfter = function( r, settings ) {
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ var delAfter = function( r, settings ) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	if ( extra.size() == 0 || extra.children().size() == 0 ) {
+	if ( theExtraList.size() == 0 || theExtraList.children().size() == 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	list[0].wpList.add( extra.children(':eq(0)').remove().clone() );
+	theList.get(0).wpList.add( theExtraList.children(':eq(0)').remove().clone() );
 	$('#get-extra-comments').submit();
 }
 
-extra = $('#the-extra-comment-list').wpList( { alt: '', delColor: 'none', addColor: 'none' } );
-list = $('#the-comment-list').wpList( { dimAfter : dimAfter, delAfter : delAfter, addColor: 'none' } );
+theExtraList = $('#the-extra-comment-list').wpList( { alt: '', delColor: 'none', addColor: 'none' } );
+theList = $('#the-comment-list').wpList( { alt: '', dimAfter: dimAfter, delAfter: delAfter, addColor: 'none' } );
 
 } );
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js b/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js
index 5438b4668..e7e81ab19 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ var wpList = {
 	},
 
 	parseClass: function(e,t) {
-		var c = []; try { c = $(e).attr('class').match(new RegExp(t+':[A-Za-z0-9:_=-]+'))[0].split(':'); } catch(r) {}
+		var c = [], cl;
+		try {
+			cl = $(e).attr('class') || '';
+			cl = cl.match(new RegExp(t+':[A-Za-z0-9:_=-]+'));
+			if ( cl ) { c = cl[0].split(':'); }
+		} catch(r) {}
 		return c;
 	},
 
@@ -87,11 +92,12 @@ var wpList = {
 	ajaxAdd: function( e, s ) {
 		var list = this; e = $(e); s = s || {};
 		var cls = wpList.parseClass(e,'add');
-		s = $.extend(s, {
-			element: s.element || cls[2] || e.attr( 'id' ) || null,
-			addColor: s.addColor || '#' + ( cls[3] || 'FFFF33' )
-		} );
 		s = wpList.pre.call( list, e, s, 'add' );
+
+		s.element = cls[2] || e.attr( 'id' ) || s.element || null;
+		if ( cls[3] ) { s.addColor = '#' + cls[3]; }
+		else { s.addColor = s.addColor || '#FFFF33'; }
+		
 		if ( !s ) { return false; }
 
 		if ( !e.is("[class^=add:" + list.id + ":]") ) { return !wpList.add.call( list, e, s ); }
@@ -150,11 +156,12 @@ var wpList = {
 	ajaxDel: function( e, s ) {
 		var list = this; e = $(e); s = s || {};
 		var cls = wpList.parseClass(e,'delete');
-		s = $.extend(s, {
-			element: s.element || cls[2] || null,
-			delColor: s.delColor || '#' + ( cls[3] || 'FF3333' )
-		} );
 		s = wpList.pre.call( list, e, s, 'delete' );
+
+		s.element = cls[2] || s.element || null;
+		if ( cls[3] ) { s.delColor = '#' + cls[3]; }
+		else { s.delColor = s.delColor || '#FF3333'; }
+
 		if ( !s || !s.element ) { return false; }
 
 		s.action = 'delete-' + s.what;
@@ -208,13 +215,15 @@ var wpList = {
 	ajaxDim: function( e, s ) {
 		var list = this; e = $(e); s = s || {};
 		var cls = wpList.parseClass(e,'dim');
-		s = $.extend(s, {
-			element: s.element || cls[2] || null,
-			dimClass: s.dimClass || cls[3] || null,
-			dimAddColor: s.dimAddColor || '#' + ( cls[4] || 'FFFF33' ),
-			dimDelColor: s.dimDelColor || '#' + ( cls[5] || 'FF3333' )
-		} );
 		s = wpList.pre.call( list, e, s, 'dim' );
+
+		s.element = cls[2] || s.element || null;
+		s.dimClass =  cls[3] || s.dimClass || null;
+		if ( cls[4] ) { s.dimAddColor = '#' + cls[4]; }
+		else { s.dimAddColor = s.dimAddColor || '#FFFF33'; }
+		if ( cls[5] ) { s.dimDelColor = '#' + cls[5]; }
+		else { s.dimDelColor = s.dimDelColor || '#FF3333'; }
+
 		if ( !s || !s.element || !s.dimClass ) { return true; }
 
 		s.action = 'dim-' + s.what;
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@ var wpList = {
 	},
 
 	add: function( e, s ) {
-		list = $(this);
+		var list = $(this);
 		e = $(e);
 
 		var old = false;
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 32ebb02f2..ec7e90c88 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class WP_Scripts {
 			'whoaText' => __("Slow down, I'm still sending your data!")
 		) );
 
-		$this->add( 'wp-lists', '/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js', array('jquery'), '20080226' );
+		$this->add( 'wp-lists', '/wp-includes/js/wp-lists.js', array('jquery'), '20080228' );
 		$this->localize( 'wp-lists', 'wpListL10n', array(
 			'url' => get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'
 		) );
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class WP_Scripts {
 				'good' => __('Good'),
 				'strong' => __('Strong')
 			) );
-			$this->add( 'admin-comments', '/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js', array('wp-lists'), '20080227' );
+			$this->add( 'admin-comments', '/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js', array('wp-lists'), '20080228' );
 			$this->add( 'admin-users', '/wp-admin/js/users.js', array('wp-lists'), '20070823' );
 			$this->add( 'admin-forms', '/wp-admin/js/forms.js', false, '20080108' );
 			$this->add( 'xfn', '/wp-admin/js/xfn.js', false, '3517' );