gIsImagePreloadDone = false; // becomes true after loading of navigation

/*
	dom checker
*/
dom = (document.getElementById)? true : false;
ie4 = (document.all)? true : false;
ns6= (dom && !ie4)? true : false;
ns4 = (document.layers)? true:false;
 	
 
 

function getObject(oID) {
	/*
		function that returns the element based on the browser
		capitalities - ns4 will return null if the obj doesn't exist
	*/
	if (dom) {
		obj = document.getElementById(oID);
	} else if (ie4) {
		obj = document.all(oID);
	} else if (ns4) {
		obj = document.layers(oID);
		if (!obj)
			return null;
	}
	return obj;
}

 
 
function ldImages() {
	/*
		function to load the images into an array when the 
		loadImages part of the object is called
	*/
	args=ldImages.arguments;
	for (var i=0;i<args.length;i++) {
		this.imageName[i] = args[i]
	}
}