var browser="UNDEFINED";

var IE4="IE4";
var IE5="IE5";
var IE6="IE6";

var NS4="NS4";
var NS45="NS45";
var NS47="NS47";
var NS6= "NS6";
var NS3="NS3";

var AOL="AOL";

var browsertype;


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function BadBrowser()
///////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
{
	browser=AOL;
	self.location="badbrowser.html";
	return true;
}


if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") > -1 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 6") > -1)
{
  browser=IE6;
	browsertype="IE";  
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") > -1 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5") > -1)
{
	browser=IE5;
	browsertype="IE";
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") > -1 && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
{
	browser=IE4;
	browsertype="IE";
}
else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Gecko") > -1 && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") > -1)
{
 browser=NS6;
 browsertype="NS";
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") > -1 && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4.7)
{
	browser=NS47;
	browsertype="NS";	
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") > -1 && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4.4)
{
	browser=NS45;
	browsertype="NS";	
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") > -1 && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
{
	browser=NS4;
	browsertype="NS";	
}
else if(navigator.appName.indexOf("Netsape") > -1 && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 3)
{
	browser=NS3;
	browsertype="NS";	
}

//////////check for AOL  users
if(navigator.appName.indexOf("AOL") > -1 )
{
	browser=AOL;
	browsertype="IE";
}
////////////check for AOL users 5.0
///////////window.external should be the app hosting the wb component; but for some reason
///////////it errors out on AOL... Fortunately this is good enough.
x=window.external;

var platform="UNDEFINED";
var WIN32="Win32";
var MAC="Mac";
if(navigator.platform=="Win32")
	platform=WIN32;
else
	platform=MAC;