Originally removed in 86b775d0 as part of the enhancement that allows $(html, props) to use any $.fn method.

Although $.attrFn is undocumented it appears to be a poorly kept secret. jQuery Mobile 1.1 is using it and it's the topic of several blog/StackOverflow posts. Leave an empty object here as a dumpster for now, but it's coming out for good in 1.9.

Fixes issue in non IE browsers that happen to come down this path

This test sometimes fails with only 2 animations left in the queue, so this extends the first animation in case we're running afoul of the one-second rule for background windows.

There is a slightly shorter way to do this but it's not Closure-friendly.

This reverts commit 569d064f.

Causing test fails in Safari, IE6, and IE7.

Net effect here is that hex numbers and most exponential-format numbers or long sequences of digits will remain strings rather than being coerced to numbers. `The people have spoken.