I read line 255 the same as chc: that the jQuery function fails in certain cases with IE8. It appears the corresponding bug (mentioned in the comment) supports

I read line 255 the same as chc: that the jQuery function fails in certain cases with IE8. It appears the corresponding bug (mentioned in the comment) supports this reading: http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/2968 http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/2968