jQuery.fn.truncate = function( max, settings ) {
	settings = jQuery.extend( {
		chars: /\s/,
		trail: [ "...", "" ]
	}, settings );
	var myResults = {};
	var ie = $.browser.msie;
	function fixIE( o ) {
		if ( ie ) {
			o.style.removeAttribute( "filter" );
		}
	}
	return this.each( function() {
		var $this = jQuery(this);
		var myStrOrig = $this.html().replace( /\r\n/gim, "" );
		var myStr = myStrOrig;
		var myRegEx = /<\/?[^<>]*\/?>/gim;
		var myRegExArray;
		var myRegExHash = {};
		var myResultsKey = $("*").index( this );
		while ( ( myRegExArray = myRegEx.exec( myStr ) ) != null ) {
			myRegExHash[ myRegExArray.index ] = myRegExArray[ 0 ];
		}
		myStr = jQuery.trim( myStr.split( myRegEx ).join( "" ) );
		if ( myStr.length > max ) {
			var c;
			while ( max < myStr.length ) {
				c = myStr.charAt( max );
				if ( c.match( settings.chars ) ) {
					myStr = myStr.substring( 0, max );
					break;
				}
				max--;
			}
			if ( myStrOrig.search( myRegEx ) != -1 ) {
				var endCap = 0;
				for ( eachEl in myRegExHash ) {
					myStr = [ myStr.substring( 0, eachEl ), myRegExHash[ eachEl ], myStr.substring( eachEl, myStr.length ) ].join( "" );
					if ( eachEl < myStr.length ) {
						endCap = myStr.length;
					}
				}
				$this.html( [ myStr.substring( 0, endCap ), myStr.substring( endCap, myStr.length ).replace( /<(\w+)[^>]*>.*<\/\1>/gim, "" ).replace( /<(br|hr|img|input)[^<>]*\/?>/gim, "" ) ].join( "" ) );
			} else {
				$this.html( myStr );
			}
			myResults[ myResultsKey ] = myStrOrig;
			$this.html( [ "<div class='truncate_less'>", $this.html(), settings.trail[ 0 ], "</div>" ].join( "" ) );
		}
	});
};