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.

In particular, min-width and max-width are taunting the awesome hack. Closes gh-865.