// Copyright (C) 1999 Dan Steinman
// Distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License
// Available at http://www.dansteinman.com/dynduo/

function BrowserCheck() {
        var b = navigator.appName
        if (b=="Netscape") this.b = "ns"
        else if (b=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") this.b = "ie"
        else this.b = b
        this.v = parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
        this.ns = (this.b=="ns" && this.v>=4)
        this.ns4 = (this.b=="ns" && this.v==4)
        this.ns5 = (this.b=="ns" && this.v==5)
        this.ie = (this.b=="ie" && this.v>=4)
        this.ie4 = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 4')>0)
        this.ie5 = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5')>0)
        if (this.ie5) this.v = 5
        this.min = (this.ns||this.ie)

				this.type = this.b
				this.version = this.v
}

// automatically create the "browser" object
browser = new BrowserCheck()