diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.page.js b/js/jquery.mobile.page.js
index b2e7a223..1b6728eb 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.page.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.page.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $.widget( "mobile.page", $.mobile.widget, {
 			email: false,
 			month: false,
 			number: false,
-			range: true,
+			range: "number",
 			search: true,
 			tel: false,
 			time: false,
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ $.widget( "mobile.page", $.mobile.widget, {
 		var o = this.options;
 		// degrade inputs to avoid poorly implemented native functionality
 		this.element.find( "input" ).each(function() {
-			var type = this.getAttribute( "type" );
+			var type = this.getAttribute( "type" ),
+				optType = o.degradeInputs[ type ] || "text";
+			
 			if ( o.degradeInputs[ type ] ) {
 				$( this ).replaceWith(
 					$( "<div>" ).html( $(this).clone() ).html()
-						.replace( /type="([a-zA-Z]+)"/, "data-type='$1'" ) );
+						.replace( /type="([a-zA-Z]+)"/, "type="+ optType +" data-type='$1'" ) );
 			}
 		});
 		
diff --git a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.forms.slider.css b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.forms.slider.css
index e7e4b089..13bf981d 100644
--- a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.forms.slider.css
+++ b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.forms.slider.css
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt) or GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
 */
 label.ui-slider { display: block; }
-input.ui-slider-input, .min-width-480px input.ui-slider-input { display: inline-block; width: 40px; }
+input.ui-slider-input, .min-width-480px input.ui-slider-input { display: inline-block; width: 50px; }
 select.ui-slider-switch { display: none; }
 div.ui-slider { position: relative; display: inline-block; overflow: visible; height: 15px; padding: 0; margin: 0 2% 0 20px; top: 4px; width: 66%; }
 a.ui-slider-handle { position: absolute; z-index: 10;  top: 50%; width: 28px; height: 28px; margin-top: -15px; margin-left: -15px; }