Try the following test, and viewing the results through the ExtJS view.
function testHTML () {
assertEquals("<p>hello world</p>", "<span>hello world</span>");
}
The error field contains "Expected [ hello world ] BUT RECEIVED [ hello world ]. These values should
be the same." Since the HTML isn't escaped, you can't see the tags.
I know you're trying to get away from ExtJS. While I was studying the code, trying to determine how
it could be improved in a jQuery version, I figured out how to fix a bug that's been pestering me
for a while.