// 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);
    // 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
    var iePos  = appVer.indexOf('msie');
    if (iePos !=-1) {
       is_minor = parseFloat(appVer.substring(iePos+5,appVer.indexOf(';',iePos)))
       is_major = parseInt(is_minor);
    }
    // Netscape6 is mozilla/5 + Netscape6/6.0!!!
    // Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; m18) Gecko/20001108 Netscape6/6.0
    var nav6Pos = agt.indexOf('netscape6');
    if (nav6Pos !=-1) {
       is_minor = parseFloat(agt.substring(nav6Pos+10))
       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_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_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_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));
    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_ie   = ((iePos!=-1) && (!is_opera));
    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);
    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)));
// additional checks, abk
	var is_anchors = (document.anchors) ? "true":"false";
	var is_regexp = (window.RegExp) ? "true":"false";
	var is_option = (window.Option) ? "true":"false";
	var is_all = (document.all) ? "true":"false";
// java
	var is_java = (navigator.javaEnabled());