function BrowserSniff () {

	// determines browser type and version
	BR = new Array();
	
	// get browser type and version
	BR.appname = navigator.appName;
	BR.version = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
	BR.agent = navigator.userAgent;
	BR.name = "Other";
	dom = "w3c"

	if (BR.agent.indexOf('IE 6') != -1) {
		BR.name = "IE6";
		BR.brand = "IE"
	} else if (BR.agent.indexOf('IE 5.5') != -1) {
		BR.name = "IE5.5";
		BR.brand = "IE"
		dom = "IE";		
	} else if (BR.agent.indexOf('IE 5') != -1) {
		BR.name = "IE5";
		BR.brand = "IE"
		dom = "IE";
	} else if (BR.agent.indexOf('IE 4') != -1) {
		BR.name = "IE4";
		BR.brand = "IE"
		dom = "IE";
	} else if (BR.agent.indexOf('Mozilla/4') != -1) {
		BR.name = (BR.agent.indexOf('Opera') != -1) ? "OperaNS4" : "NS4";
		BR.brand = "NS"
		dom = "NS4";
	} else if (BR.agent.indexOf('Mozilla/5') != -1) {
		BR.name = (BR.agent.indexOf('Opera') != -1) ? "OperaNS6" : "NS6";
		BR.brand = "NS"
    } else if (BR.agent.indexOf('Opera') != -1) {
		BR.name = "Opera";
	}
	
}
	
BrowserSniff();