function testbrowser(the_object){
// Ultimate client-side JavaScript client sniff. Version 3.03
// (C) Netscape Communications 1999-2001.  Permission granted to reuse and distribute.
// Revised 17 May 99 to add this.nav5up and this.ie5up (see below).
// Revised 20 Dec 00 to add this.gecko and change this.nav5up to this.nav6up
//                      also added support for IE5.5 Opera4&5 HotJava3 AOLTV
// Revised 22 Feb 01 to correct Javascript Detection for IE 5.x, Opera 4, 
//                      correct Opera 5 detection
//                      add support for winME and win2k
//                      synch with browser-type-oo.js
// Revised 26 Mar 01 to correct Opera detection
// Revised 02 Oct 01 to add IE6 detection

// Everything you always wanted to know about your JavaScript client
// but were afraid to ask. Creates "this." variables indicating:
// (1) browser vendor:
//     this.nav, this.ie, this.opera, this.hotjava, this.webtv, this.TVNavigator, this.AOLTV
// (2) browser version number:
//     this.major (integer indicating major version number: 2, 3, 4 ...)
//     this.minor (float   indicating full  version number: 2.02, 3.01, 4.04 ...)
// (3) browser vendor AND major version number
//     this.nav2, this.nav3, this.nav4, this.nav4up, this.nav6, this.nav6up, this.gecko, this.ie3,
//     this.ie4, this.ie4up, this.ie5, this.ie5up, this.ie5_5, this.ie5_5up, this.ie6, this.ie6up, this.hotjava3, this.hotjava3up,
//     this.opera2, this.opera3, this.opera4, this.opera5, this.opera5up
// (4) JavaScript version number:
//     this.js (float indicating full JavaScript version number: 1, 1.1, 1.2 ...)
// (5) OS platform and version:
//     this.win, this.win16, this.win32, this.win31, this.win95, this.winnt, this.win98, this.winme, this.win2k
//     this.os2
//     this.mac, this.mac68k, this.macppc
//     this.unix
//     this.sun, this.sun4, this.sun5, this.suni86
//     this.irix, this.irix5, this.irix6
//     this.hpux, this.hpux9, this.hpux10
//     this.aix, this.aix1, this.aix2, this.aix3, this.aix4
//     this.linux, this.sco, this.unixware, this.mpras, this.reliant
//     this.dec, this.sinix, this.freebsd, this.bsd
//     this.vms
//
// See http://www.it97.de/JavaScript/JS_tutorial/bstat/navobj.html and
// http://www.it97.de/JavaScript/JS_tutorial/bstat/Browseraol.html
// for detailed lists of userAgent strings.
//
// Note: you don't want your Nav4 or IE4 code to "turn off" or
// stop working when new versions of browsers are released, so
// in conditional code forks, use this.ie5up ("IE 5.0 or greater") 
// this.opera5up ("Opera 5.0 or greater") instead of this.ie5 or this.opera5
// to check version in code which you want to work on future
// versions.

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

// *** BROWSER VERSION ***
// Note: On IE5, these return 4, so use this.ie5up to detect IE5.
//this.major= parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
the_object["appVersion"]=navigator.appVersion
the_object["userAgent"]=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
the_object["platform"]=navigator.platform

the_object["major"]= parseInt(navigator.appVersion);

the_object["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.
the_object["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));
the_object["nav2"] = (the_object["nav"] && (the_object["major"] == 2));
the_object["nav3"] = (the_object["nav"] && (the_object["major"] == 3));
the_object["nav4"] = (the_object["nav"]&& (the_object["major"] == 4));
the_object["nav4up"] = (the_object["nav"] && (the_object["major"] >= 4));
the_object["navonly"]      = (the_object["nav"] && ((agt.indexOf(";nav") != -1) ||
                      (agt.indexOf("; nav") != -1)) );
the_object["nav6"] = (the_object["nav"] && (the_object["major"] == 5));
the_object["nav6up"] = (the_object["nav"] && (the_object["major"] >= 5));
the_object["gecko"] = (agt.indexOf('gecko') != -1);


the_object["ie"]     = ((agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (agt.indexOf("opera") == -1));
the_object["ie3"]    = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] < 4));
the_object["ie4"]   = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 4")!=-1) );
the_object["ie4up"]  = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] >= 4));
the_object["ie5"]    = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")!=-1) );
the_object["ie5_5"]  = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.5") !=-1));
the_object["ie5up"]  = (the_object["ie"] && !the_object["ie3"] && !the_object["ie4"]);
the_object["ie5_5up"] =(the_object["ie"] && !the_object["ie3"] && !the_object["ie4"] && !the_object["ie5"]);
the_object["ie6"]    = (the_object["ie"] && (the_object["major"] == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 6.")!=-1) );
the_object["ie6up"]  = (the_object["ie"] && !the_object["ie3"] && !the_object["ie4"] && !the_object["ie"] && !the_object["ie5_5"]);

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

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

the_object["webtv"] = (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1); 

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

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

// *** JAVASCRIPT VERSION CHECK ***

if (the_object["nav2"] || the_object["ie3"]) the_object["js"] = 1.0;
else if (the_object["nav3"]) the_object["js"] = 1.1;
else if (the_object["opera5up"]) the_object["js"] = 1.3;
else if (the_object["opera"]) the_object["js"] = 1.1;
else if ((the_object["nav4"] && (the_object["minor"] <= 4.05)) || the_object["ie4"]) the_object["js"] = 1.2;
else if ((the_object["nav4"] && (the_object["minor"] > 4.05)) || the_object["ie5"]) the_object["js"] = 1.3;
else if (the_object["hotjava3up"]) the_object["js"] = 1.4;
else if (the_object["nav6"] || the_object["gecko"]) the_object["js"] = 1.5;
// NOTE: In the future, update the_object 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 (the_object["nav6up"]) the_object["js"]= 1.5;
// NOTE: ie5up on mac is 1.4
else if (the_object["ie5up"]) the_object["js"] = 1.3

// HACK: no idea for other browsers; always check for JS version with > or >=
else the_object["js"] = 0.0;

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

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

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

the_object["winme"] = ((agt.indexOf("win 9x 4.90")!=-1));
the_object["win2k"] = ((agt.indexOf("windows nt 5.0")!=-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".
the_object["win98"] = ((agt.indexOf("win98")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows 98")!=-1));
the_object["winnt"] = ((agt.indexOf("winnt")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("windows nt")!=-1));
the_object["win32"] = (the_object["win95"] || the_object["winnt"] || the_object["win98"] || 
                ((the_object["major"] >= 4) && (navigator.platform == "Win32")) ||
                (agt.indexOf("win32")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("32bit")!=-1));

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

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

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

the_object["vms"]   = ((agt.indexOf("vax")!=-1) || (agt.indexOf("openvms")!=-1));

the_object["cookie_enabled"]=true
}