function BrowserHawk()
{   // convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
    var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

    // *** BROWSER VERSION ***
    // Note: On IE5, these return 4, so use is.ie5up to detect IE5.
    this.major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
    this.minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);

    // Note: Opera and WebTV spoof Navigator.  We do strict client detection.
    // If you want to allow spoofing, take out the tests for opera and webtv.
    this.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));
    this.nav2 = (this.nav && (this.major == 2));
    this.nav3 = (this.nav && (this.major == 3));
    this.nav4 = (this.nav && (this.major == 4));
    this.nav4up = (this.nav && (this.major >= 4));
    this.navonly      = (this.nav && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) ||
                          (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) );
    this.nav6 = (this.nav && (this.major == 5));
	this.nav7 = (this.nav && (this.major == 5)&&(agt.indexOf('7') != -1));
    this.nav6up = (this.nav && (this.major >= 5));
    this.gecko = (agt.indexOf('gecko') != -1);
    if (this.gecko) 
    {
      var re = new RegExp("^.+Gecko/(\\d+)\\s+(\\S+)(/\\S+)$", "ig");
      var a = re.exec(navigator.userAgent);
      if (a && a.length > 3)
        this.ver = a[3].substring(1);
      else if (a && a.length > 2)
      {
        re = new RegExp("^\\D*(\\d.*)", "ig");   
        a = re.exec(a[2]);
        this.ver = a[1];
      } 
    }

    this.ie     = ((agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (agt.indexOf("opera") == -1));
    this.ie3    = (this.ie && (this.major < 4));
    this.ie4    = (this.ie && (this.major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 4")!=-1) );
    this.ie4up  = (this.ie  && (this.major >= 4));
    this.ie5    = (this.ie && (this.major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")!=-1) );
    this.ie5_5  = (this.ie && (this.major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.5") !=-1));
    this.ie5up  = (this.ie  && !this.ie3 && !this.ie4);
    this.ie5_5up =(this.ie && !this.ie3 && !this.ie4 && !this.ie5);
    this.ie6    = (this.ie && (this.major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 6.")!=-1) );
    this.ie6up  = (this.ie  && !this.ie3 && !this.ie4 && !this.ie5 && !this.ie5_5);
    if (this.ie) 
    {
      var i1 = agt.indexOf("msie ") + 5;
      var i2 = -1;
      if (i1 >= 0) i2 = agt.indexOf(";", i1);
      if (i2 < 0) i2 = agt.indexOf(")", i1);  
      if (i2 > i1) this.ver = agt.substring(i1, i2); 
    }

    // KNOWN BUG: On AOL4, returns false if IE3 is embedded browser
    // or if this is the first browser window opened.  Thus the
    // variables is.aol, is.aol3, and is.aol4 aren't 100% reliable.
    this.aol   = (agt.indexOf("aol") != -1);
    this.aol3  = (this.aol && this.ie3);
    this.aol4  = (this.aol && this.ie4);
    this.aol5  = (agt.indexOf("aol 5") != -1);
    this.aol6  = (agt.indexOf("aol 6") != -1);

    this.opera = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1);
    this.opera2 = (agt.indexOf("opera 2") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/2") != -1);
    this.opera3 = (agt.indexOf("opera 3") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/3") != -1);
    this.opera4 = (agt.indexOf("opera 4") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/4") != -1);
    this.opera5 = (agt.indexOf("opera 5") != -1 || agt.indexOf("opera/5") != -1);
    this.opera5up = (this.opera && !this.opera2 && !this.opera3 && !this.opera4);

    this.webtv = (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1); 

    this.TVNavigator = ((agt.indexOf("navio") != -1) || (agt.indexOf("navio_aoltv") != -1)); 
    this.AOLTV = this.TVNavigator;

    this.hotjava = (agt.indexOf("hotjava") != -1);
    this.hotjava3 = (this.hotjava && (this.major == 3));
    this.hotjava3up = (this.hotjava && (this.major >= 3));

    if (!this.ver) this.ver = this.minor;

    // *** JAVASCRIPT VERSION CHECK ***
    if (this.nav2 || this.ie3) this.js = 1.0;
    else if (this.nav3) this.js = 1.1;
    else if (this.opera5up) this.js = 1.3;
    else if (this.opera) this.js = 1.1;
    else if ((this.nav4 && (this.minor <= 4.05)) || this.ie4) this.js = 1.2;
    else if ((this.nav4 && (this.minor > 4.05)) || this.ie5) this.js = 1.3;
    else if (this.hotjava3up) this.js = 1.4;
    else if (this.nav6 || this.gecko) this.js = 1.5;
    // NOTE: In the future, update this code when newer versions of JS
    // are released. For now, we try to provide some upward compatibility
    // so that future versions of Nav and IE will show they are at
    // *least* JS 1.x capable. Always check for JS version compatibility
    // with > or >=.
    else if (this.nav6up) this.js = 1.5;
    // note ie5up on mac is 1.4
    else if (this.ie5up) this.js = 1.3

    // HACK: no idea for other browsers; always check for JS version with > or >=
    else this.js = 0.0;

    if ("function" == typeof window.ScriptEngine) 
    {
      var jscript        = ScriptEngineMajorVersion() + "." + ScriptEngineMinorVersion();
      this.jscriptEngine = ScriptEngine() + " v " + jscript + "." + ScriptEngineBuildVersion();
      this.jscript       = parseFloat(jscript);  
      var js_ver = parseFloat(this.jscript); 
      if (js_ver > 5) this.js = 1.4;
      if (js_ver > 5.5) this.js = 1.5;      
    }
    else
    {
     this.jscript = 0.0; 
     if (this.js > 0.0)
       this.jscriptEngine = "JavaScript v " + this.js;
     else
       this.jscriptEngine = "None";    
    } 

    if (window.VB_SCRIPT)
    {
      this.vbscript       = VB_SCRIPT; 
      this.vbscriptEngine = VB_SCRIPT_ENGINE;
    }
    else
    {
      this.vbscript       = 0.0; 
      this.vbscriptEngine = "None";
    }

    // *** PLATFORM ***
    this.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.
    this.win95 = ((agt.indexOf("win95")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 95")!=-1));

    // is this a 16 bit compiled version?
    this.win16 = ((agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) || 
               (agt.indexOf("16bit")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) || 
               (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1) );  

    this.win31 = ((agt.indexOf("windows 3.1")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("win16")!=-1) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("windows 16-bit")!=-1));

    // 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".
    this.win98 = ((agt.indexOf("win98")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 98")!=-1));
    this.winnt = ((agt.indexOf("winnt")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows nt")!=-1));
    this.win32 = (this.win95 || this.winnt || this.win98 || 
                    ((this.major >= 4) && (navigator.platform == "Win32")) ||
                    (agt.indexOf("win32")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("32bit")!=-1));

    this.winme = ((agt.indexOf("win 9x 4.90")!=-1));
    this.win2k = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.0")!=-1));

    this.os2   = ((agt.indexOf("os/2")!=-1) || 
                    (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("OS/2")!=-1) ||   
                    (agt.indexOf("ibm-webexplorer")!=-1));

    this.mac    = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
    // hack ie5 js version for mac
    if (this.mac && this.ie5up) this.js = 1.4;
    this.mac68k = (this.mac && ((agt.indexOf("68k")!=-1) || 
                               (agt.indexOf("68000")!=-1)));
    this.macppc = (this.mac && ((agt.indexOf("ppc")!=-1) || 
                                (agt.indexOf("powerpc")!=-1)));

    this.sun   = (agt.indexOf("sunos")!=-1);
    this.sun4  = (agt.indexOf("sunos 4")!=-1);
    this.sun5  = (agt.indexOf("sunos 5")!=-1);
    this.suni86= (this.sun && (agt.indexOf("i86")!=-1));
    this.irix  = (agt.indexOf("irix") !=-1);    // SGI
    this.irix5 = (agt.indexOf("irix 5") !=-1);
    this.irix6 = ((agt.indexOf("irix 6") !=-1) || (agt.indexOf("irix6") !=-1));
    this.hpux  = (agt.indexOf("hp-ux")!=-1);
    this.hpux9 = (this.hpux && (agt.indexOf("09.")!=-1));
    this.hpux10= (this.hpux && (agt.indexOf("10.")!=-1));
    this.aix   = (agt.indexOf("aix") !=-1);      // IBM
    this.aix1  = (agt.indexOf("aix 1") !=-1);    
    this.aix2  = (agt.indexOf("aix 2") !=-1);    
    this.aix3  = (agt.indexOf("aix 3") !=-1);    
    this.aix4  = (agt.indexOf("aix 4") !=-1);    
    this.linux = (agt.indexOf("inux")!=-1);
    this.sco   = (agt.indexOf("sco")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("unix_sv")!=-1);
    this.unixware = (agt.indexOf("unix_system_v")!=-1); 
    this.mpras    = (agt.indexOf("ncr")!=-1); 
    this.reliant  = (agt.indexOf("reliantunix")!=-1);
    this.dec   = ((agt.indexOf("dec")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("osf1")!=-1) || 
                  (agt.indexOf("dec_alpha")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("alphaserver")!=-1) || 
                  (agt.indexOf("ultrix")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("alphastation")!=-1)); 
    this.sinix = (agt.indexOf("sinix")!=-1);
    this.freebsd = (agt.indexOf("freebsd")!=-1);
    this.bsd = (agt.indexOf("bsd")!=-1);
    this.unix  = ((agt.indexOf("x11")!=-1) || this.sun || this.irix || this.hpux || 
                 this.sco ||this.unixware || this.mpras || this.reliant || 
                 this.dec || this.sinix || this.aix || this.linux || this.bsd || this.freebsd);

    this.vms   = ((agt.indexOf("vax")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("openvms")!=-1));
  this.browserName = BROWSER_HAWK__browserName(this);
  this.osName      = BROWSER_HAWK__osName();

}

var BROWSER_HAWK__browserNames;

{
  var bn   = new Object();
  bn["navonly"]     = "Netscape Navigator";
  bn["nav2"]        = "Netscape Navigator";
  bn["nav4"]        = "Netscape Communicator";

  bn["gecko"]       = "Mozilla [Gecko]";
  bn["nav6"]        = "Netscape";

  bn["ie"]          = "Internet Explorer";

  bn["aol"]         = "AOL";

  bn["opera"]       = "Opera";

  bn["webtv"]       = "WebTV";

  bn["TVNavigator"] = "TV Navigator";
  bn["AOLTV"]       = "AOL TV";

  bn["hotjava"]     = "Sun HotJava";
  BROWSER_HAWK__browserNames = bn;
}

function BROWSER_HAWK__browserName(obj)
{
  var name = "Unknown browser";
  var bn = BROWSER_HAWK__browserNames;
  for (x in bn)
  {
    var b = obj[x];
    if (b) name = bn[x] + " " + obj.ver;
  }
  return name;
}

function BROWSER_HAWK__osName()
{
  return "";
}

var is;
var isIE3Mac = false;
// this section is designed specifically for IE3 for the Mac
if (
     (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")!=-1) && 
     (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1) && 
     (parseInt(navigator.appVersion)==3)
   )
  isIE3Mac = true;
else   
  is = new BrowserHawk();