diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index bf6e656..8aef550 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * Renamed phone-method in additional-methods.js to phoneUS
 * Added phoneUK and mobileUK methods to additional-methods.js (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12359)
 * Deep extend options to avoid modifying multiple forms when using the rules-method on a single element (http://plugins.jquery.com/node/12411)
+* Bugfixes for compability with jQuery 1.4.2, while maintaining backwards-compability
 
 1.6
 ---
diff --git a/jquery.validate.js b/jquery.validate.js
index dc4637f..b8d39e3 100644
--- a/jquery.validate.js
+++ b/jquery.validate.js
@@ -300,12 +300,13 @@ $.extend($.validator, {
 			});
 			
 			function delegate(event) {
-				var validator = $.data(this[0].form, "validator");
-				validator.settings["on" + event.type] && validator.settings["on" + event.type].call(validator, this[0] );
+				var validator = $.data(this[0].form, "validator"),
+					eventType = "on" + event.type.replace(/^validate/, "");
+				validator.settings[eventType] && validator.settings[eventType].call(validator, this[0] );
 			}
 			$(this.currentForm)
-				.delegate("focusin focusout keyup", ":text, :password, :file, select, textarea", delegate)
-				.delegate("click", ":radio, :checkbox, select, option", delegate);
+				.validateDelegate(":text, :password, :file, select, textarea", "validatefocusin validatefocusout keyup", delegate)
+				.validateDelegate(":radio, :checkbox, select, option", "click", delegate);
 
 			if (this.settings.invalidHandler)
 				$(this.currentForm).bind("invalid-form.validate", this.settings.invalidHandler);
@@ -1104,8 +1105,8 @@ $.format = $.validator.format;
 // provides triggerEvent(type: String, target: Element) to trigger delegated events
 ;(function($) {
 	$.each({
-		focus: 'focusin',
-		blur: 'focusout'	
+		focus: 'validatefocusin',
+		blur: 'validatefocusout'	
 	}, function( original, fix ){
 		$.event.special[fix] = {
 			setup:function() {
@@ -1125,16 +1126,13 @@ $.format = $.validator.format;
 		};
 	});
 	$.extend($.fn, {
-		delegate: function(type, delegate, handler) {
+		validateDelegate: function(delegate, type, handler) {
 			return this.bind(type, function(event) {
 				var target = $(event.target);
 				if (target.is(delegate)) {
 					return handler.apply(target, arguments);
 				}
 			});
-		},
-		triggerEvent: function(type, target) {
-			return this.triggerHandler(type, [$.event.fix({ type: type, target: target })]);
 		}
 	});
 })(jQuery);
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index b52dd3d..fc70450 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<input type="password" name="pw1" id="pw1" value="engfeh" />
 		<input type="password" name="pw2" id="pw2" value="" />
 	</div>
-	<div id="main" style="display:none;">
+	<div id="main" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px; left: -10000px;">
 		<p id="firstp">See <a id="simon1" href="http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/03/25/#getElementsBySelector" rel="bookmark">this blog entry</a> for more information.</p>
 		<p id="ap">
 			Here are some links in a normal paragraph: <a id="google" href="http://www.google.com/" title="Google!">Google</a>, 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 51a79f2..6f099e0 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -574,15 +574,9 @@ test("findLastActive()", function() {
 	ok( !v.findLastActive() );
 	v.form();
 	v.focusInvalid();
-	ok( !v.findLastActive() );
-	try {
-		$("#testForm1 input:last").trigger("focusin");
-		//$("#testForm1").triggerEvent("focusin", $("#testForm1 input:last")[0]);
-		v.focusInvalid();
-		equals( lastInput, v.findLastActive() );
-	} catch(e) {
-		ok( true, "Ignore in IE" );
-	}
+	equals( v.findLastActive(), $("#firstname")[0] );
+	var lastActive = $("#lastname").trigger("validatefocusin")[0];
+	equals( v.findLastActive(), lastActive );
 });
 
 test("validating multiple checkboxes with 'required'", function() {
@@ -877,7 +871,7 @@ test("validate on blur", function() {
 		equals(v.errors().filter(":visible").size(), expected);
 	}
 	function blur(target) {
-		target.trigger("focusout");
+		target.trigger("validatefocusout");
 	}
 	$("#errorFirstname").hide();
 	var e = $("#firstname");
@@ -954,7 +948,7 @@ test("validate on not keyup, only blur", function() {
 	e.trigger("keyup");
 	e.keyup();
 	errors(0);
-	e.trigger("focusout");
+	e.trigger("validatefocusout");
 	errors(1);
 });
 
@@ -968,7 +962,7 @@ test("validate on keyup and blur", function() {
 	e.val("a");
 	e.trigger("keyup");
 	errors(0);
-	e.trigger("focusout");
+	e.trigger("validatefocusout");
 	errors(1);
 });