jQuery methods for accessing HTML comments and comment text. Only tested in Safari.

jquery.comments.js

/* jQuery methods for accessing HTML comments and comment text
   Only tested in Safari. */

jQuery.fn.comments = function() {
    return this.contents().filter(function() {
        return this.nodeType == 8;
    })
};
jQuery.fn.commentText = function() {
    var s = [];
    this.comments().each(function() {
        s[s.length] = this.nodeValue;
    });
    return s.join('');
}