// convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
    var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	//alert('agt = '+ agt);
    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);

    // 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;
    }                                 

    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_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")||(agt.indexOf('firefox')!=-1)));
	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) && (!is_fb) && (!is_fx) &&
                    ((navigator.vendor=="")||(navigator.vendor=="Mozilla")||(navigator.vendor=="Debian")));

	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));

    var is_ie   = ((iePos!=-1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_khtml));

	var is_aol   = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1);

	/////////////////////// DE ////////////////////////////
	// Dean Edwards/Matthias Miller/John Resig
	function __init__() {
		// quit if this function has already been called
		if (arguments.callee.done) return;
	
		// flag this function so we don't do the same thing twice
		arguments.callee.done = true;
	
		// kill the timer
		if (_timer) clearInterval(_timer);
	
		// do stuff
		getCSS();
	};
	
	/* for Mozilla/Opera9 */
	if (document.addEventListener) {
		document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", __init__, false);
	}
	
	/* for Safari */
	if (/WebKit/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { // sniff
		var _timer = setInterval(function() {
			if (/loaded|complete/.test(document.readyState)) {
				__init__(); // call the onload handler
			}
		}, 10);
	}

	/////////////////////// MA ////////////////////////////
	function getCSS()
	{
		var cssNode = document.createElement('link');
		var strCSS;
		cssNode.type = 'text/css';
		cssNode.rel = 'stylesheet';
		if (is_safari)
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-sf.css';
		else if (is_ie)
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-ie.css';
		else if (is_fx)
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-ff.css';
		else if (is_nav)
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-ns.css';
		else if (is_opera)
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-op.css';
		else
			strCSS = 'izu/css/style-az.css';
		
		cssNode.href = strCSS;
		cssNode.media = 'screen';
		cssNode.title = 'dynamicLoadedSheet';
		document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(cssNode);
	}
	
// Copyright © 2000 by Apple Computer, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
//
// You may incorporate this Apple sample code into your own code
// without restriction. This Apple sample code has been provided "AS IS"
// and the responsibility for its operation is yours. You may redistribute
// this code, but you are not permitted to redistribute it as
// "Apple sample code" after having made changes.
//
// ************************
// layer utility routines *
// ************************

function getStyleObject(objectId) {
    // cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its id
    if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
    } else {
	return false;
    }
} // getStyleObject

function changeObjectVisibility(objectId, newVisibility) {
    // get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
    var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
    if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.visibility = newVisibility;
	return true;
    } else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't change its visibility
	return false;
    }
} // changeObjectVisibility

function moveObject(objectId, newXCoordinate, newYCoordinate) {
    // get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
    var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
    if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.left = newXCoordinate;
	styleObject.top = newYCoordinate;
	return true;
    } else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't very well move it
	return false;
    }
} // moveObject