safariwatir and utf8

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'safariwatir'

RU_ALPHABET = "абвгдеёжзиклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюяАБВГДЕЁЖЗИКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ"

#First, filling textfield
b = Watir::Safari.new
b.goto('http://www.google.com/')
b.text_field(:name,'q').set(RU_ALPHABET)
b.text_field(:name,'q').verify_contains(RU_ALPHABET)

utf8issue_fix.diff

diff --git a/lib/safariwatir.rb b/lib/safariwatir.rb
index 79ff720..68af5be 100644
--- a/lib/safariwatir.rb
+++ b/lib/safariwatir.rb
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ module Watir
         @scripter.focus(self)
         @scripter.highlight(self) do
           clear_text_input
-          value.length.times do |i|
-            append_text_input(value[i, 1])
+          value.each do |letter|
+            append_text_input(letter)
           end
         end
         @scripter.blur(self)