diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
index c39c760d..1a28aaeb 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.listview.js
@@ -18,40 +18,32 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 	},
 	
 	_create: function() {
-		var $list = this.element,
-			o = this.options;
+		var t = this;
 
 		// create listview markup 
-		$list
-			.addClass( "ui-listview" );
-		
-		if ( o.inset ) {
-			$list.addClass( "ui-listview-inset ui-corner-all ui-shadow" );
-		}
+		t.element.addClass(function( i, orig ) {
+			return orig + " ui-listview " + ( t.options.inset ? " ui-listview-inset ui-corner-all ui-shadow " : "" );
+		});
 
-		this.refresh();
+		t.refresh();
 	},
 
 	_itemApply: function( $list, item ) {
 		// TODO class has to be defined in markup
 		item.find( ".ui-li-count" )
-			.addClass( "ui-btn-up-" + ($list.jqmData( "counttheme" ) || this.options.countTheme) + " ui-btn-corner-all" );
-
-		item.find( "h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6" ).addClass( "ui-li-heading" );
-
-		item.find( "p, dl" ).addClass( "ui-li-desc" );
-
-		item.find("img:first-child:eq(0)").addClass( "ui-li-thumb" ).each(function() {
+			.addClass( "ui-btn-up-" + ($list.jqmData( "counttheme" ) || this.options.countTheme) + " ui-btn-corner-all" ).end()
+		.find( "h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6" ).addClass( "ui-li-heading" ).end()
+		.find( "p, dl" ).addClass( "ui-li-desc" ).end()
+		.find("img:first-child:eq(0)").addClass( "ui-li-thumb" ).each(function() {
 			item.addClass( $(this).is( ".ui-li-icon" ) ? "ui-li-has-icon" : "ui-li-has-thumb" );
-		});
-
-		item.find( ".ui-li-aside" ).each(function() {
+		}).end()
+		.find( ".ui-li-aside" ).each(function() {
 			var $this = $(this);
 			$this.prependTo( $this.parent() ); //shift aside to front for css float
 		});
 	},
 	
-	_removeCorners: function(li){
+	_removeCorners: function( li ) {
 		li
 			.add( li.find(".ui-btn-inner, .ui-li-link-alt, .ui-li-thumb") )
 			.removeClass( "ui-corner-top ui-corner-bottom ui-corner-br ui-corner-bl ui-corner-tr ui-corner-tl" );
@@ -73,8 +65,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 			$list.find( ".ui-li-dec" ).remove();
 		}
 
-		var numli = li.length;
-		for (var pos = 0; pos < numli; pos++) {
+		for (var pos = 0, numli = li.length; pos < numli; pos++) {
 			var item = li.eq(pos),
 				itemClass = "ui-li";
 
@@ -83,9 +74,8 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			var itemTheme = item.jqmData("theme") || o.theme;
-
-			var a = item.children( "a" );
+			var itemTheme = item.jqmData("theme") || o.theme,
+				a = item.children( "a" );
 				
 			if ( a.length ) {	
 				var icon = item.jqmData("icon");
@@ -121,7 +111,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 							iconpos: false
 						})
 						.find( ".ui-btn-inner" )
-							.append( $( "<span>" ).buttonMarkup({
+							.append( $( "<span />" ).buttonMarkup({
 								shadow: true,
 								corners: true,
 								theme: splittheme,
@@ -228,8 +218,8 @@ $.widget( "mobile.listview", $.mobile.widget, {
 
 				newPage.page();		
 			var anchor = parent.find('a:first');
-			if (!anchor.length) {
-				anchor = $("<a></a>").html( nodeEls || title ).prependTo(parent.empty());
+			if ( !anchor.length ) {
+				anchor = $("<a />").html( nodeEls || title ).prependTo( parent.empty() );
 			}
 			anchor.attr('href','#' + id);
 		}).listview();