so what is the user surfing with?
<br>here it comes, the navigator object.

<font color=red><script>

document.writeln("<p>userAgent: "+navigator.userAgent)
document.writeln("<br>appName: "+navigator.appName)
document.writeln("<br>appCodeName: "+navigator.appCodeName)
document.writeln("<br>appVersion: "+navigator.appVersion)

if (navigator.mimeTypes)
    document.writeln("<p>number of mimeTypes: "+navigator.mimeTypes.length)
if (navigator.plugins)
    document.writeln("<br>number of plugins: "+navigator.plugins.length)

if (navigator.language)
    document.writeln("<p>language: "+navigator.language)
if (navigator.platform)
    document.writeln("<br>platform: "+navigator.platform)


</script></font>
<pre>
NS2 classic attributes are:
    appCodeName, appName, appVersion, userAgent.

NS3 news:
    <a href=mimeTypes.html>navigator.mimetypes</a> is an array which provides
	type, suffixes, description, enabledPlugin
    <a href=plugins.html>navigator.plugins</a> is an array which provides
	name, description, filename
    javaEnabled()

NS4 news:
    language ("en", "de" etc.), platform

IE5:
    no mimeTypes, no plugins. the rest works fine, even platform.
    funny how IE5 still considers itself nothing more than a
    mozilla compatible browser.