// Call like this:
//   html(element);       - retrieves the innerHTML of an element
//   html(element, true); - retrieves the outerHTML of an element

var html = (function() {
  var ELEMENT = this.Node?Node.ELEMENT_NODE:1,
         TEXT = this.Node?Node.TEXT_NODE:   3;
  return function html(el, outer) {
    var i = 0, j = el.childNodes, k = outer?"<" + (m = el.nodeName.toLowerCase()) + attr(el) + ">":"",
        l = j.length, m, n;
    while(i !== l) switch((n = j[i++]).nodeType) {
      case ELEMENT: k += html(n, true); break;
      case TEXT:    k += n.nodeValue;
    } return k + (outer?"</" + m + ">":"");
  }; function attr(el) {
    var i = 0, j = el.attributes, k = new Array(l = j.length), l, m;
    while(i !== l) k[i] = (m = j[i++].nodeName) + "=\"" + el.getAttribute(m) + "\"";
    return (l?" ":"") + k.join(" ");
  }
})();