if the input element is a checkbox, read and set the checked property ins

[jotto]

if the input element is a checkbox, read and set the checked property instead of using jquery's val()

[jotto]

i just added a new pull request with another improvement that includes this change

[wulftone]

+1, just found this and it solved the checkbox problem for me. Nice addition!

[jotto]

I LIVE TO SERVE

[sfsekaran]

This worked like a charm for me, for a simple true/false checkbox situation.

[sfsekaran]

It worked for one usage of checkbox (booleans), but not another where we were using the $(input).val() as what we send to the server.