function isBrowserNS6()
{
	var bwr = navigator.appName;
	var ver = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
	var returnvalue = false;
	
	if (bwr == "Netscape") bwr = "ns";
	else if (bwr == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") bwr = "ie";

	
	if ((!document.layers) && (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Netscape')!=-1)) {
		bwr = 'ns';
		ver = 6;
		returnvalue = true;
	}
	
	return returnvalue;
}

function checkBrowserForCookies()
{

	doSetCookie('test', 'none', '', '/', '', '');

	if (doGetCookie( 'test' ))
		{
			doDeleteCookie('test', '/', '');
		}
		// if the doGetCookie test fails, cookies 
		//are not enabled for this session.
		else
		{
			alert('Cookies are not currently enabled. Not all features of this site will be available');
			cookie_set = false;
		}
}