jquery/jquery — pull request #1490 by MelkorNemesis (2014-01-21 15:11:25+00:00)
Title: e.preventDefault, e.stopPropagation fix MSIE8

This was discussed and reported more than two years ago (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/10004) and nothing has changed since then.

Please merge this commit - IE8 works a treat.