jQuery.fn.supersleight = function(settings) {
	settings = jQuery.extend({
		imgs: true,
		backgrounds: true,
		shim: '/img/x.gif',
		apply_positioning: true
	}, settings);
	
	return this.each(function(){
		if (jQuery.browser.msie && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) < 7 && parseInt(jQuery.browser.version, 10) > 4) {
			jQuery(this).find('*').andSelf().each(function(i,obj) {
				var self = jQuery(obj);
				// background pngs
				if (settings.backgrounds && self.css('background-image').match(/\.png/i) !== null) {
					var bg = self.css('background-image');
					var src = bg.substring(5,bg.length-2);
					var mode = (self.css('background-repeat') == 'no-repeat' ? 'crop' : 'scale');
					var styles = {
						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "', sizingMethod='" + mode + "')",
						'background-image': 'url('+settings.shim+')'
					};
					self.css(styles);
				};
				// image elements
				
				// temporary solution!! should be changed back so it changes only images with the png extension!! in conjuction with making sure that images inserted from sitecore have the correct extension (not ashx)
				//if (settings.imgs && self.is('img[src$=png]')){
				if (settings.imgs){
					var styles = {
						'width': self.width() + 'px',
						'height': self.height() + 'px',
						'filter': "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + self.attr('src') + "', sizingMethod='scale')"
					};
					self.css(styles).attr('src', settings.shim);
				};
				// apply position to 'active' elements
				if (settings.apply_positioning && self.is('a, input') && (self.css('position') === '' || self.css('position') == 'static')){
					self.css('position', 'relative');
				};
			});
		};
	});
};