I'm not sure (!variable) is the same as (variable!=null) is it?
Also does IE support getAttribute() as expected? You should be testing for the presence of the method if you're using DOM.
if (obj.getAttribute && (otherTests)) { // use DOM method... } else { // do it the hard way... }
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