diff --git a/wp-admin/js/common.js b/wp-admin/js/common.js
index b085ebbb90..b5a3412d1c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/common.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/common.js
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ jQuery( function($) {
 	$('#adminmenu li.wp-has-submenu > a').click( function() { return menuToggle( $(this).siblings('ul') ); } );
 
 	$('#dashmenu li.wp-has-submenu').bind( 'mouseenter mouseleave', function() { return menuToggle( $(this).children('ul'), 'toggle' ); } );
-	
-	$('#favorite-actions').bind( 'mouseenter mouseleave', function(){$('#favorite-action').slideToggle('fast')} );
+
+	$('#favorite-actions').bind( 'mouseenter', function(){$('#favorite-action').removeClass('slideUp').addClass('slideDown'); setTimeout(function(){if ( $('#favorite-action').hasClass('slideDown') ) { $('#favorite-action').slideDown('fast') }}, 300) } );
+	$('#favorite-actions').bind( 'mouseleave', function(){$('#favorite-action').removeClass('slideDown').addClass('slideUp'); setTimeout(function(){if ( $('#favorite-action').hasClass('slideUp') ) { $('#favorite-action').slideUp('fast') }}, 500) } );
 
 } );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index ba3b56398b..d5509035a7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 	$scripts->base_url = $guessurl;
 	$scripts->default_version = get_bloginfo( 'version' );
 
-	$scripts->add( 'common', '/wp-admin/js/common.js', array('jquery', 'user-settings'), '20080905' );
+	$scripts->add( 'common', '/wp-admin/js/common.js', array('jquery', 'user-settings'), '20081001' );
 	$scripts->add( 'sack', '/wp-includes/js/tw-sack.js', false, '1.6.1' );
 
 	$scripts->add( 'quicktags', '/wp-includes/js/quicktags.js', false, '20080823' );