Need help on jQuery Address by Asual for IE 8 issue

Need help on jQuery Address by Asual for IE 8 issue

Hi,
I am using jQuery Address plug-in by asual.
It works as expected in Firefox, but in IE 8 i am getting '#' in the URL when plug-in updates the URL.
 
The example given by Adual also has the same behaviour.
I am using State example.
 
Below is the example how I am getting URL in IE8:
http://<mysite>/page1/#/param1/param2
 
and in Firefox:
 
Is it possibele to remove the '#' from the URL in IE8?
 
Below is the sample code which I am using:

$.address.state(

'/page1' ).init( function (event) {

// Initializes the plugin

$(

'.urlDiv a' ).address( function () {

var newURL = '/param1/param2' ;

return newURL.replace( /\#/g , '' );

});

});