Issue #2706517 by mradcliffe: Make JQuery 1.9 fix backwards-compatible.

cck_select_other.js

-//$Id$
 /**
  * @file
  * cck_select_other javascript file
@@ -8,6 +7,8 @@
   Drupal.behaviors.cckSelectOther = {
     attach: function (context, settings) {
 
+      var ActionBind = this.getActionBind();
+
       // Prevent errors
       if (typeof settings.CCKSelectOther != 'object') return;
 
@@ -22,18 +23,31 @@
 
         $(document).ready( function() {
           // We need to go up further up the element chain to work around 'add another item'
-          $('select#edit-' + select_id).change(function() {
+          $('select#edit-' + select_id).bind(ActionBind, function() {
             // Add parent() to hide input wrapper
             $(this).children(':selected').each(function() {
-              if($(this).val() == 'other'){
+              if($(this).val() === 'other'){
                 $('input#edit-' + text_id).parent().show();
               } else{
                 $('input#edit-' + text_id).parent().hide();
               }
             });
-          }).trigger('change');
+          }).trigger(ActionBind);
         });
       });
+    },
+    /**
+     * Provides a backwards-compatible way of supporting Drupal 7 core jQuery,
+     * and contemporary versions of jQuery without browser detection support.
+     *
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    getActionBind: function() {
+      var action = 'change';
+      if (undefined !== $.browser && $.browser.msie === true) {
+        action = 'click';
+      }
+      return action;
     }
   }
 })(jQuery);