// extracted from prototype.js http://prototype.conio.net/
// shortcut for document.getElementById()
// if you pass an array to it, it will return an array of elements
function $() {
	var elements = new Array();

	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);

		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;

		elements.push(element);
	}

	return elements;
}