diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-extend.xml b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-extend.xml
index 44fda920e43..35181eb8ee9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-extend.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-extend.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     <t t-jquery="hr:eq(1)" t-operation="replace"><footer></footer></t>
 </t>
 <t t-extend="jquery-extend">
-    <t t-jquery="footer" t-operation="inner"><b>END</b></t>
+    <t t-jquery="footer" t-operation="inner"><b>[[end]]</b></t>
 </t>
 
 <t t-name="jquery-extend-clone" t-extend="jquery-extend">
-    <t t-jquery="ul" t-operation="append"><li>CLONED TEMPLATE</li></t>
+    <t t-jquery="ul" t-operation="append"><li>[[cloned template]]</li></t>
 </t>
 
 </templates>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-foreach.xml b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-foreach.xml
index 80749882aaf..8e335614c39 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-foreach.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test-foreach.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<templates>
+<templates xml:space="preserve">
     <t t-name="repetition-text-content" t-foreach="seq">*</t>
     <t t-name="repetition-dom-content" t-foreach="seq"><b/></t>
     <b t-name="repetition-self" t-foreach="seq"/>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test.js.html b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
index fda837497c4..02ec89c134c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb-test.js.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/qunit/git/qunit.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/qunit/git/qunit.js"></script>
 
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/base/static/lib/jquery/jquery-1.5.2.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="qweb2.js"></script>
 
     <script>
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
             return s.replace(/(^\s+|\s+$)/g, '');
         }
         function render(template, context) {
-            return trim(QWeb.render(template, context));
+            return trim(QWeb.render(template, context)).toLowerCase();
         }
         $(document).ready(function() {
             module("Basic output tests", {
@@ -209,9 +208,9 @@
             test('Basic foreach repetition', function () {
                 equals(QWeb.render('repetition-text-content', {seq:seq}), '*****',
                     "Repetition of text content via foreach");
-                equals(QWeb.render('repetition-dom-content', {seq:seq}), '<b/><b/><b/><b/><b/>',
+                equals(QWeb.render('repetition-dom-content', {seq:seq}).toLowerCase(), '<b/><b/><b/><b/><b/>',
                     "Repetition of node content via foreach");
-                equals(QWeb.render('repetition-self', {seq:seq}), '<b/><b/><b/><b/><b/>',
+                equals(QWeb.render('repetition-self', {seq:seq}).toLowerCase(), '<b/><b/><b/><b/><b/>',
                     "A node with a foreach repeats itself");
             });
             test("Foreach scope content", function () {
@@ -249,9 +248,9 @@
             });
 
             test("jQuery extend", function () {
-                equals(render('jquery-extend', {}), '<hr/><ul class="main"><li>1</li><li>2</li><li>3</li></ul><footer><b>END</b></footer>',
+                equals(render('jquery-extend', {}), '<hr/><ul class="main"><li>1</li><li>2</li><li>3</li></ul><footer><b>[[end]]</b></footer>',
                         "Extend template with jQuery");
-                equals(render('jquery-extend-clone', {}), '<ul><li>one</li><li>CLONED TEMPLATE</li></ul>',
+                equals(render('jquery-extend-clone', {}), '<ul><li>one</li><li>[[cloned template]]</li></ul>',
                         "Clone template");
             });
         });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
index 8657a8b20be..089b1812aa5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
@@ -93,10 +93,16 @@ var QWeb2 = {
                 }
                 return r.join('');
             } else {
-                if (node.xml !== undefined) {
-                    return node.xml;
-                } else {
+                if (typeof XMLSerializer !== 'undefined') {
                     return (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(node);
+                } else {
+                    switch(node.nodeType) {
+                    case 1: return node.outerHTML;
+                    case 3: return node.data;
+                    case 4: return '<![CDATA[' + node.data + ']]>';
+                    case 8: return '<!-- ' + node.data + '-->';
+                    }
+                    throw new Error('Unknown node type ' + node.nodeType);
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -265,11 +271,16 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
                     }
                     req.open('GET', s, false);
                     req.send(null);
-                    if (req.responseXML) {
-                        if (req.responseXML.documentElement.nodeName == "parsererror") {
-                            return this.tools.exception(req.responseXML.documentElement.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
+                    var xDoc = req.responseXML;
+                    if (xDoc) {
+                        if (xDoc.documentElement.nodeName == "parsererror") {
+                            return this.tools.exception(xDoc.documentElement.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
                         }
-                        return req.responseXML;
+                        if (xDoc.xml !== undefined) {
+                            // MSIE
+                            return this.convert_xml_to_html(xDoc.documentElement);
+                        }
+                        return xDoc;
                     } else {
                         return this.load_xml_string(req.responseText);
                     }
@@ -295,7 +306,25 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
             xDoc.async = false;
             xDoc.preserveWhiteSpace = true;
             xDoc.loadXML(s);
-            return xDoc;
+            return this.convert_xml_to_html(xDoc.documentElement);
+        },
+        convert_xml_to_html: function (node) {
+            switch (node.nodeType) {
+            case 3:
+            case 4:
+                return document.createTextNode(node.data);
+            case 8: return document.createComment(node.data);
+            }
+
+            var hnode = document.createElement(node.nodeName);
+            for(var i=0, alen=node.attributes.length; i < alen; ++i) {
+                var attr = node.attributes[i];
+                hnode.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value);
+            }
+            for(var j=0, clen=node.childNodes.length; j < clen; ++j) {
+                hnode.appendChild(this.convert_xml_to_html(node.childNodes[j]));
+            }
+            return hnode;
         },
         has_template : function(template) {
             return !!this.templates[template];
@@ -373,12 +402,7 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
             if (!this.jQuery) {
                 return this.tools.exception("Can't extend template " + template + " without jQuery");
             }
-            var template_dest = this.templates[template],
-                msie_trololo = false;
-            if (template_dest.xml !== undefined) {
-                template_dest = this.jQuery(template_dest.xml);
-                msie_trololo = true;
-            }
+            var template_dest = this.templates[template];
             for (var i = 0, ilen = extend_node.childNodes.length; i < ilen; i++) {
                 var child = extend_node.childNodes[i];
                 if (child.nodeType === 1) {
@@ -421,9 +445,6 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (msie_trololo) {
-                this.templates[template] = template_dest[0];
-            }
         }
     });
     return Engine;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index b119e5aae3c..5013f6423a4 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -682,7 +682,9 @@
         </td>
     </t>
     <th t-if="options.selectable" class="oe-record-selector" width="1">
-        <input t-att-type="options.radio? 'radio': 'checkbox'" name ="radiogroup" t-att-checked="options.select_view_id == record.get('id')? true: null"/>
+        <t t-set="checked" t-value="options.select_view_id == record.get('id') ? 'checked' : null"/>
+        <input t-if="options.radio" type="radio" name="radiogroup" t-att-checked="checked"/>
+        <input t-if="!options.radio" type="checkbox" name="radiogroup" t-att-checked="checked"/>
     </th>
     <th t-if="options.isClarkGable" class="oe-record-edit-link" width="1">
         <img src="/web/static/src/img/pencil.gif" width="12" height="12" class="oe-record-edit-link-img"/>
@@ -747,7 +749,7 @@
                 <input type="file" class="oe-binary-file" name="ufile" title="Add attachment"
                     t-att-onclick="view.datarecord.id ? null : 'alert(\'No record selected ! You can only attach to existing record.\'); return false;'"/>
             </form>
-            <iframe t-attf-id="#{element_id}_iframe" t-attf-name="#{element_id}_iframe" style="display: none"> </iframe>
+            <iframe t-attf-id="#{element_id}_iframe" t-attf-name="#{element_id}_iframe" style="display: none"/>
         </div>
     </div>
     <br style="clear: both"/>
@@ -1084,7 +1086,7 @@
                 <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/throbber.gif"' width="16" height="16"/>
                 <b>Uploading ...</b>
             </div>
-            <iframe t-att-id="widget.iframe" t-att-name="widget.iframe" style="display: none"> </iframe>
+            <iframe t-att-id="widget.iframe" t-att-name="widget.iframe" style="display: none"/>
         </td>
     </tr>
     </table>
@@ -1134,7 +1136,7 @@
         <td class="oe-binary-progress" style="display: none" nowrap="true">
             <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/throbber.gif"' width="16" height="16"/>
             <b>Uploading ...</b>
-            <iframe t-att-id="widget.iframe" t-att-name="widget.iframe" style="display: none"> </iframe>
+            <iframe t-att-id="widget.iframe" t-att-name="widget.iframe" style="display: none"/>
         </td>
     </tr>
     </table>