title: Whats's wrong with this jquery slider function on ie8?
body: <p>I really don't get it... what I'm doing wrong here?</p>
  
  <pre><code>jQuery(function(){
    //vars
    var conveyor = jQuery(".content-conveyor", jQuery("#slideWrapper")),
    item = jQuery(".item", jQuery("#slideWrapper"));
  
    conveyor.css("width", item.length * parseInt(item.css("width")));
  
          var sliderOpts = {
      max: (item.length * parseInt(item.css("width"))) - parseInt(jQuery("#slideContent", jQuery("#slideWrapper")).css("width")),
            slide: function(e, ui) { 
              conveyor.css("left", "-" + ui.value + "px");
            }
          };
  
          jQuery("#slider").slider(sliderOpts);
        });
  </code></pre>