// 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 is_opera2 = (agt.indexOf("opera 2") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/2") != -1);
    var is_opera3 = (agt.indexOf("opera 3") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/3") != -1);
    var is_opera4 = (agt.indexOf("opera 4") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/4") != -1);
    var is_opera5 = (agt.indexOf("opera 5") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/5") != -1);
    var is_opera6 = (agt.indexOf("opera 6") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/6") != -1); // new 020128- abk
    var is_opera7 = (agt.indexOf("opera 7") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/7") != -1); // new 021205- dmr
    var is_opera5up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4);
    var is_opera6up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4 && !is_opera5); // new020128
    var is_opera7up = (is_opera && !is_opera2 && !is_opera3 && !is_opera4 && !is_opera5 && !is_opera6); // new021205 -- dmr

    // Note: On IE, start of appVersion return 3 or 4
    // which supposedly is the version of Netscape it is compatible with.
    // So we look for the real version further on in the string
    // And on Mac IE5+, we look for is_minor in the ua; since 
    // it appears to be more accurate than appVersion - 06/17/2004

    var is_mac = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
    var iePos  = appVer.indexOf('msie');
    if (iePos !=-1) {
       if(is_mac) {
           var iePos = agt.indexOf('msie');
           is_minor = parseFloat(agt.substring(iePos+5,agt.indexOf(';',iePos)));
       }
       else 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_getElementById   = (document.getElementById) ? "true" : "false"; // 001121-abk
    var is_getElementsByTagName = (document.getElementsByTagName) ? "true" : "false"; // 001127-abk
    var is_documentElement = (document.documentElement) ? "true" : "false"; // 001121-abk

    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")||(navigator.vendor=="Debian")));
    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"));
    var is_fx = ((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=="Firefox"));
    if ((is_moz)||(is_fb)||(is_fx)) {  // 032504 - 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_fx_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) && (!is_fx));

    // 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) );
    // 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));
	
	var is_winme = ((agt.indexOf("win 9x 4.90")!=-1));    // new 020128 - abk
    var is_win2k = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.0")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 2000")!=-1)); // 020214 - dmr
    var is_winxp = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.1")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows xp")!=-1)); // 020214 - dmr

    // 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);
    if (is_mac) { is_win = !is_mac; } // dmr - 06/20/2002
    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)));
// Adds the slider menu
	function start_menu() {
		if (is_win32){
			if(is_ie6up || is_opera7up){
				document.write('<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="scripts/menu.js"></SCRIPT>');
			}
		}
		else if(is_macppc){
			if(is_safari){
		 		document.write('<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="scripts/menu.js"></SCRIPT>');
		 	}
		}
	}
	
// Insert appropriate link code depending on browser
	function radio_code(enabled){
		if ((enabled != 1) && (!(is_opera))) {
			document.write('<A HREF="javascript:radio(\'Radio\',\'noncookie\');">OSHE RADIO</A>');
		}
		else if (is_opera){
			document.write('<A onclick="radio(\'Radio\',\'noncookie\');">OSHE RADIO</A>');
		} else {
			document.write('<A HREF="javascript: test_display(\'Radio\',radio(\'Radio\',\'on\'));">OSHE RADIO</A>');
		}
	}

// Returns the Boolean value of is_opera
	function opera() {
		return is_opera;
	}