With JQuery > 1.6 replace .attr() by .prop() or .val(), see http://api.jquery.com/prop/
The PRIMARY AUTHORS are (and/or have been):
Renaud Bernard <renaud.bernard@sopinspace.com>
Raphaël Badin <raphael.badin@sopinspace.com>
Gérald Sedrati-Dinet <gsd@sopinspace.com>
Simon Descarpentries <sid@sopinspace.com>
The MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS (people having submitted patches, reported bugs, added translations):
Kirill Miazine (http://km.krot.org/)
Paulo Rená da Silva Santarém <pbrss@yahoo.com.br>
Alejandro Martin Ortin <alejandromartinortin@gmail.com>