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//***Nick Heinle's browser detection***

bName = navigator.appName;
bVer = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);

if      (bName == "Netscape" && bVer >= 4) br = "n4";                    
else if (bName == "Netscape" && bVer == 3) br = "n3";                    
else if (bName == "Netscape" && bVer == 2) br = "n2";
else if (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && bVer >= 4) br = "e4";
else if (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && bVer >= 5) br = "e5";
else if (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") br = "e3";              
else br = "n2";



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

    // *** BROWSER VERSION *** //
    // Note: With IE5, these return 4, so use is_ie5up to detect IE5. 
    
    var is_major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion); 
    var is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); 

    // Note: Opera and WebTV spoof Navigator.  We do strict client detection. 
    // If you want to allow spoofing, take out the tests for opera and webtv.
    
    var is_nav  = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) 
                && (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1) 
                && (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1)); 
    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_major >= 4)); 
    var is_navonly      = (is_nav && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) || 
                          (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) ); 
    var is_nav5 = (is_nav && (is_major == 5)); 
    var is_nav5up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 5)); 

    var is_ie   = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1); 
    var is_ie3  = (is_ie && (is_major < 4)); 
    var is_ie4  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")==-1) ); 
    var is_ie4up  = (is_ie  && (is_major >= 4)); 
    var is_ie5  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")!=-1) ); 
    var is_ie5up  = (is_ie  && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4); 

    // KNOWN BUG: On AOL4, returns false if IE3 is embedded browser 
    // or if this is the first browser window opened.  Thus the 
    // variables is_aol, is_aol3, and is_aol4 aren't 100% reliable. 
    var is_aol   = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1); 
    var is_aol3  = (is_aol && is_ie3); 
    var is_aol4  = (is_aol && is_ie4); 

    var is_opera = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1); 
    var is_webtv = (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1); 

    // *** JAVASCRIPT VERSION CHECK *** 
    // Useful to workaround Nav3 bug in which Nav3 
    // loads <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">. 
    var is_js; 
    if (is_nav2 || is_ie3) is_js = 1.0 
    else if (is_nav3 || is_opera) is_js = 1.1 
    else if ((is_nav4 && (is_minor <= 4.05)) || is_ie4) is_js = 1.2 
    else if ((is_nav4 && (is_minor > 4.05)) || is_ie5) is_js = 1.3 
    else if (is_nav5) is_js = 1.4 
    // NOTE: In the future, update this code when newer versions of JS 
    // are released. For now, we try to provide some upward compatibility 
    // so that future versions of Nav and IE will show they are at 
    // *least* JS 1.x capable. Always check for JS version compatibility 
    // with > or >=. 
    else if (is_nav && (is_major > 5)) is_js = 1.4 
    else if (is_ie && (is_major > 5)) is_js = 1.3 
    // HACK: no idea for other browsers; always check for JS version with > or >= 
    else is_js = 0.0; 

    // *** PLATFORM ***
    var is_win   = ( (agt.indexOf("win")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) );
    // NOTE: On Opera 3.0, the userAgent string includes "Windows 95/NT4" on all
    //        Win32, so you can't distinguish between Win95 and WinNT.
    var is_win95 = ((agt.indexOf("win95")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 95")!=-1));

    // is this a 16 bit compiled version?
    var is_win16 = ((agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) || 
               (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) || 
               (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1) );  

    var is_win31 = ((agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1));

    // NOTE: Reliable detection of Win98 may not be possible. It appears that:
    //       - On Nav 4.x and before you'll get plain "Windows" in userAgent.
    //       - On Mercury client, the 32-bit version will return "Win98", but
    //         the 16-bit version running on Win98 will still return "Win95".
    var is_win98 = ((agt.indexOf("win98")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 98")!=-1));
    var is_winnt = ((agt.indexOf("winnt")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows nt")!=-1));
    var is_win32 = (is_win95 || is_winnt || is_win98 || 
                    ((is_major >= 4) && (navigator.platform == "Win32")) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("win32")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("32bit")!=-1));

    var is_os2   = ((agt.indexOf("os/2")!=-1) || 
                    (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("OS/2")!=-1) ||   
                    (agt.indexOf("ibm-webexplorer")!=-1));

    var is_mac    = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
    var is_mac68k = (is_mac && ((agt.indexOf("68k")!=-1) || 
                               (agt.indexOf("68000")!=-1)));
    var is_macppc = (is_mac && ((agt.indexOf("ppc")!=-1) || 
                                (agt.indexOf("powerpc")!=-1)));

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