// convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
    var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    var appVer = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase();

    // *** BROWSER VERSION ***

    var is_minor = parseFloat(appVer);
    var is_major = parseInt(is_minor);

    var is_opera = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1);
 
    var iePos  = appVer.indexOf('msie');
    if (iePos !=-1) {
       is_minor = parseFloat(appVer.substring(iePos+5,appVer.indexOf(';',iePos)))
       is_major = parseInt(is_minor);
    }

    // ditto Konqueror
                                      
    var is_konq = false;
    var kqPos   = agt.indexOf('konqueror');
    if (kqPos !=-1) {                 
       is_konq  = true;
       is_minor = parseFloat(agt.substring(kqPos+10,agt.indexOf(';',kqPos)));
       is_major = parseInt(is_minor);
    }                                 

    var is_safari = ((agt.indexOf('safari')!=-1)&&(agt.indexOf('mac')!=-1))?true:false;
    var is_khtml  = (is_safari || is_konq);

    var is_gecko = ((!is_khtml)&&(navigator.product)&&(navigator.product.toLowerCase()=="gecko"))?true:false;
    var is_gver  = 0;
    if (is_gecko) is_gver=navigator.productSub;

    var is_moz   = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla/5')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) &&
                    (agt.indexOf('compatible')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)  &&
                    (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('hotjava')==-1)     &&
                    (is_gecko) && 
                    ((navigator.vendor=="")||(navigator.vendor=="Mozilla")));
    var is_fb = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla/5')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) &&
                 (agt.indexOf('compatible')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)  &&
                 (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('hotjava')==-1)     &&
                 (is_gecko) && (navigator.vendor=="Firebird"));
    if ((is_moz)||(is_fb)) {  // 112403 - dmr
       var is_moz_ver = (navigator.vendorSub)?navigator.vendorSub:0;
       if(!(is_moz_ver)) {
           is_moz_ver = agt.indexOf('rv:');
           is_moz_ver = agt.substring(is_moz_ver+3);
           is_paren   = is_moz_ver.indexOf(')');
           is_moz_ver = is_moz_ver.substring(0,is_paren);
       }
       is_minor = is_moz_ver;
       is_major = parseInt(is_moz_ver);
    }
   var is_fb_ver = is_moz_ver;

    var is_nav  = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1)
                && (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)
                && (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (agt.indexOf('hotjava')==-1)
                && (!is_khtml) && (!(is_moz)) &&(!is_fb));

    // Netscape6 is mozilla/5 + Netscape6/6.0!!!
    // Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; m18) Gecko/20001108 Netscape6/6.0
    // Changed this to use navigator.vendor/vendorSub - dmr 060502   
    // var nav6Pos = agt.indexOf('netscape6');
    // if (nav6Pos !=-1) {
    if ((navigator.vendor)&&
        ((navigator.vendor=="Netscape6")||(navigator.vendor=="Netscape"))&&
        (is_nav)) {
       is_major = parseInt(navigator.vendorSub);
       // here we need is_minor as a valid float for testing. We'll
       // revert to the actual content before printing the result. 
       is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.vendorSub);
    }

    var is_nav2 = (is_nav && (is_major == 2));
    var is_nav3 = (is_nav && (is_major == 3));
    var is_nav4 = (is_nav && (is_major == 4));
    var is_nav4up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 4);  // changed to is_minor for
                                                // consistency - dmr, 011001
    var is_navonly      = (is_nav && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) ||
                          (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) );

    var is_nav6   = (is_nav && is_major==6);    // new 010118 mhp
    var is_nav6up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 6) // new 010118 mhp

    var is_nav5   = (is_nav && is_major == 5 && !is_nav6); // checked for ns6
    var is_nav5up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 5);

    var is_nav7   = (is_nav && is_major == 7);
    var is_nav7up = (is_nav && is_minor >= 7);

    var is_ie   = ((iePos!=-1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_khtml));
    var is_ie3  = (is_ie && (is_major < 4));

    var is_ie4   = (is_ie && is_major == 4);
    var is_ie4up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 4);
    var is_ie5   = (is_ie && is_major == 5);
    var is_ie5up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 5);
    
    var is_ie5_5  = (is_ie && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.5") !=-1)); // 020128 new - abk
    var is_ie5_5up =(is_ie && is_minor >= 5.5);                // 020128 new - abk
	
    var is_ie6   = (is_ie && is_major == 6);
    var is_ie6up = (is_ie && is_minor >= 6);

    // *** PLATFORM ***
    var is_win   = ( (agt.indexOf("win")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) );
    
	var is_mac    = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);

// Flash checking code adapted from Doc JavaScript information;  
// see http://webref.com/js/column84/2.html 

   var is_Flash        = false;
   var is_FlashVersion = 0;

   if ((is_nav||is_opera||is_moz)||
       (is_mac&&is_ie5up)) {
      var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes && 
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] &&
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin) ?
                    navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin : 0;
      if (plugin) {
         is_Flash = true;
         is_FlashVersion = parseInt(plugin.description.substring(plugin.description.indexOf(".")-1));
      }
   }

   if (is_win&&is_ie4up)
   {
      document.write(
         '<scr' + 'ipt language=VBScript>' + '\n' +
         'Dim hasPlayer, playerversion' + '\n' +
         'hasPlayer = false' + '\n' +
         'playerversion = 10' + '\n' +
         'Do While playerversion > 0' + '\n' +
            'On Error Resume Next' + '\n' +
            'hasPlayer = (IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & playerversion)))' + '\n' +
            'If hasPlayer = true Then Exit Do' + '\n' +
            'playerversion = playerversion - 1' + '\n' +
         'Loop' + '\n' +
         'is_FlashVersion = playerversion' + '\n' +
         'is_Flash = hasPlayer' + '\n' +
         '<\/sc' + 'ript>'
      );
   }

// -->