function ajaxRequest(){
  var ajax = null;
  try
    {
    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
    ajax=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    // Internet Explorer
    try
      {
      ajax=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      }
    catch (e)
      {
      try
        {
        ajax=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
      catch (e)
        {
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
        }
      }
    }
    return ajax;
}

function detectBrowser() {
var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
if (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1) return 'Opera';
if (agt.indexOf("staroffice") != -1) return 'Star Office';
if (agt.indexOf("webtv") != -1) return 'WebTV';
if (agt.indexOf("beonex") != -1) return 'Beonex';
if (agt.indexOf("chimera") != -1) return 'Chimera';
if (agt.indexOf("netpositive") != -1) return 'NetPositive';
if (agt.indexOf("phoenix") != -1) return 'Phoenix';
if (agt.indexOf("firefox") != -1) return 'Firefox';
if (agt.indexOf("safari") != -1) return 'Safari';
if (agt.indexOf("skipstone") != -1) return 'SkipStone';
if (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) return 'Internet Explorer';
if (agt.indexOf("netscape") != -1) return 'Netscape';
if (agt.indexOf("mozilla/5.0") != -1) return 'Mozilla';
if (agt.indexOf('\/') != -1) {
if (agt.substr(0,agt.indexOf('\/')) != 'mozilla') {
return navigator.userAgent.substr(0,agt.indexOf('\/'));}
else return 'Netscape';} else if (agt.indexOf(' ') != -1)
return navigator.userAgent.substr(0,agt.indexOf(' '));
else return navigator.userAgent;
}