Clunky Edit for IE

gistfile1.js

/** 
 * Add this script to the end of your document that use <input autofocus type="text" /> 
 * or <input type="text" placeholder="username" /> and it'll plug support for browser
 * without these attributes
 * Minified version at the bottom
 */
(function () {

function each(list, fn) {
  var l = list.length;
  for (var i = 0; i < l; i++) {
	if (fn.call(list[i], list[i], i, list) === false) {
	  break;
	}
  }
}

var addEvent = (function () {
  if (document.addEventListener) {
	return function (el, type, fn) {
	  if (el && el.nodeName || el === window) {
	el.addEventListener(type, fn, false);
	  } else if (el && el.length) {
	for (var i = 0; i < el.length; i++) {
	  addEvent(el[i], type, fn);
	}
	  }
	};
  } else {
	return function (el, type, fn) {
	  if (el && el.nodeName || el === window) {
	el.attachEvent('on' + type, function () { return fn.call(el, window.event); });
	  } else if (el && el.length) {
	for (var i = 0; i < el.length; i++) {
	  addEvent(el[i], type, fn);
	}
	  }
	};
  }
})();

var DomToArray = function(DOMobj) {
	var arr = [];
	for (var i in DOMobj) {
	if (DOMobj[i].nodeType == 1) { arr.push(DOMobj[i]); }
	}
	return arr;
}

var i = document.createElement('input');
try {
	var inputs = [].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName('input'), 0);
}
catch(err) {
	var inputs = DomToArray(document.getElementsByTagName('input'));
}

try {
	inputs = inputs.concat([].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea'), 0));
}
catch(err) {
	inputs = inputs.concat(DomToArray(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')));
}


if (!('placeholder' in i)) {
  // placeholder fix
  each(inputs, function (el) {
	// note - we're using el instead of this across the board because it compresses better
	var lastValue = el.value, placeholder = el.getAttribute('placeholder') ? el.getAttribute('placeholder') : '';

	var focus = function () {
	  if (el.value == placeholder) {
	el.value = '';
	el.style.color = '';
	  }
	};

	var blur = function () {
	  if (el.value == '') {
	el.value = placeholder;
	el.style.color = '#A29797';
	  }
	};

	addEvent(el, 'focus', focus);
	addEvent(el, 'blur', blur);

	// remove the placeholder if the page is reload or the form is submitted
	addEvent(el.form, 'submit', function () { focus.call(el); });
	addEvent(window, 'unload', function () { focus.call(el); });

	// set the default state
	if (el.value == '') {
	  blur.call(el);
	}
  });
}

if (!('autofocus' in i)) {
  // auto focus
  each(inputs, function (el) {
	if (el.getAttribute('autofocus') != null) {
	  el.focus();
	  return false; // "there can only be one"
	}
  });
}

})();

gistfile2.js

// minified
(function(){function f(k,j){var g=k.length;for(var h=0;h<g;h++){if(j.call(k[h],k[h],h,k)===false){break}}}var d=(function(){if(document.addEventListener){return function(k,j,h){if(k&&k.nodeName||k===window){k.addEventListener(j,h,false)}else{if(k&&k.length){for(var g=0;g<k.length;g++){d(k[g],j,h)}}}}}else{return function(k,j,h){if(k&&k.nodeName||k===window){k.attachEvent("on"+j,function(){return h.call(k,window.event)})}else{if(k&&k.length){for(var g=0;g<k.length;g++){d(k[g],j,h)}}}}}})();var e=function(j){var g=[];for(var h in j){if(j[h].nodeType==1){g.push(j[h])}}return g};var b=document.createElement("input");try{var a=[].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("input"),0)}catch(c){var a=e(document.getElementsByTagName("input"))}try{a=a.concat([].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("textarea"),0))}catch(c){a=a.concat(e(document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")))}if(!("placeholder" in b)){f(a,function(i){var h=i.value,k=i.getAttribute("placeholder")?i.getAttribute("placeholder"):"";var g=function(){if(i.value==k){i.value="";i.style.color=""}};var j=function(){if(i.value==""){i.value=k;i.style.color="#A29797"}};d(i,"focus",g);d(i,"blur",j);d(i.form,"submit",function(){g.call(i)});d(window,"unload",function(){g.call(i)});if(i.value==""){j.call(i)}})}if(!("autofocus" in b)){f(a,function(g){if(g.getAttribute("autofocus")!=null){g.focus();return false}})}})();

Please suggest improvements... I think a try catch is a bad hack