var createCustomElement = (function()
{
	var isIE8orLess = false;
	if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		var ieVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1) // capture x.x portion and store as a number

		//alert(ieVersion);

 		if (ieVersion < 9)
 			isIE8orLess = true;
	}


	// Detect IE using conditional compilation
	//if (/*@cc_on @*//*@if (@_win32)!/*@end @*/false)
	if (isIE8orLess)
	{
	//console('hi');
		// Translations for attribute names which IE would otherwise choke on
		var attrTranslations = {
			"class": "className",
			"for": "htmlFor"
		};

		var setAttribute = function(element, attr, value) {

			if (attrTranslations.hasOwnProperty(attr))
				element[attrTranslations[attr]] = value;
			else if (attr == "style")
				element.style.cssText = value;
			else if (attr == "checked")
				element.checked = value;
			else
				element.setAttribute(attr, value);
		};

		return function(tagName, attributes) {

			attributes = attributes || {};
			// See http://channel9.msdn.com/Wiki/InternetExplorerProgrammingBugs
			if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("name") ||
			    attributes.hasOwnProperty("checked") ||
			    attributes.hasOwnProperty("multiple"))
			{
				var tagParts = ["<" + tagName];
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("name"))
				{	tagParts[tagParts.length] = ' name="' + attributes.name + '"';
					delete attributes.name;
				}
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("checked"))
				{
					if (attributes.checked === true)
						tagParts[tagParts.length] = ' checked="checked"';

					//delete attributes.checked;
				}
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("checked") && "" + attributes.checked == "false")
				{	delete attributes.checked;
				}
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("multiple") && "" + attributes.multiple == "true")
				{	tagParts[tagParts.length] = ' multiple';
					delete attributes.multiple;
				}
				tagParts[tagParts.length] = " />";
				var element = document.createElement(tagParts.join(""));
			}
			else
			{	var element = document.createElement(tagName);
			}

			for (var attr in attributes)
			{
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty(attr))
					setAttribute(element, attr, attributes[attr]);
			}
			return element;
		};
	}
	// All other browsers
	else
	{       return function(tagName, attributes)
		{
			attributes = attributes || {};
			var element = document.createElement(tagName);
			for (var attr in attributes)
			{
				if (attributes.hasOwnProperty(attr))
				{
					if (attr == 'checked')
						element.checked = attributes[attr];
					else
						element.setAttribute(attr, attributes[attr]);
				}
			}
			return element;
		};
	}
})();

// Usagevar
// rb = createElement("input", {type: "radio", checked: true});