<!--
var no = 15; // snow number
var speed = 10; // smaller number moves the snow faster
var snowflake = "/JS/snow.gif";

var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;  // browser sniffer
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
var i, doc_width = 600, doc_height = 600;
if (ns4up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
if (ns4up) {                      // set layers
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
   }
} else if (ie4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
      }
   }
}
function snowNS() {  // Netscape main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}
function snowIE() {  // IE main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowIE()", speed);
}
if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up) {
snowIE();
}
// -->

//// Configuration part
var num_flakes = 15; // The number of snowflakes
var intervall = 50; // the intervall the snowflakes are updated
var imgurl = "JS/snow.gif"; // image filename
var imgsize = 50; // no need to be exact

//// Browser Detection
var browser_dom = (document.getElementById) ? true : false;
var browser_ns4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
var browser_ie  = (document.all) ? true : false;

var document_width = 760, document_height=540;
if (browser_ie) {
	document_width = document.body.clientWidth;
	document_height = document.body.clientHeight;
} else if (browser_dom || browser_ns4) {
	document_width  = self.innerWidth;
	document_height = self.innerHeight;
}

var pos_x = new Array();
var pos_y = new Array();
var drift_x = new Array();
var speed_y = new Array();

for (i = 0; i < num_flakes; ++ i) {
	pos_x[i] = Math.random() * (document_width - imgsize);
	pos_y[i] = Math.random() * (document_height - imgsize);
	drift_x[i] = Math.random()/2 - .25;
	speed_y[i] = 2 + Math.random()*2;
	if (browser_dom || browser_ie) {
		document.write('<div id="flake'+i+'"style="position: absolute; z-index:'+(100+i)+'; visibility: visible; left:'+Math.floor(pos_x[i])+'px;top:'+Math.floor(pos_y[i])+'px;">' +
		               '<img src="' + imgurl + '" border="0"></div>');
	} else if (browser_ns4) {
		document.write('<layer name="flake'+ i +'" left="1" top="1">' +
		               '<img src="' + imgurl + '" border="0"></layer>');
	}
}

function snowNS4() {
	for (i = 0; i < num_flakes; ++ i) {
		pos_x[i] += drift_x[i];
		pos_y[i] += speed_y[i];
		drift_x[i] += Math.random()/5 - 0.1;
		// respect window width
		if (pos_x[i] < 0) { pos_x[i] = 0; }
		if (pos_x[i] > document_width  - imgsize) { pos_x[i] = document_width - imgsize; }
		// respect window height
		if (pos_y[i] > document_height - imgsize) {
			// restart this snowflake
			pos_x[i] = Math.random() * (document_width - imgsize);
			pos_y[i] = 0;
			drift_x[i] = Math.random()/2 - .25;
			speed_y[i] = 2 + Math.random()*2;
			// update, maybe the window was resized
			document_width  = self.innerWidth;
			document_height = self.innerHeight;
		}
		// move the snow flake
		document.layers["flake"+i].top = Math.floor(pos_y[i]);
		document.layers["flake"+i].left = Math.floor(pos_x[i]);
	}
	setTimeout("snowNS4()", intervall);
}

function snowDOM() {
	for (i = 0; i < num_flakes; ++ i) {
		pos_x[i] += drift_x[i];
		pos_y[i] += speed_y[i];
		drift_x[i] += Math.random()/5 - 0.1;
		// respect window width
		if (pos_x[i] < 0) { pos_x[i] = 0; }
		if (pos_x[i] > document_width  - imgsize) { pos_x[i] = document_width - imgsize; }
		// respect window height
		if (pos_y[i] > document_height - imgsize) {
			// restart this snowflake
			pos_x[i] = Math.random() * (document_width - imgsize);
			pos_y[i] = 0;
			drift_x[i] = Math.random()/2 - .25;
			speed_y[i] = 2 + Math.random()*2;
			// update, maybe the window was resized
			document_width  = self.innerWidth;
			document_height = self.innerHeight;
		}
		// move the snow flake
		document.getElementById("flake"+i).style.left = Math.floor(pos_x[i])+"px";
		document.getElementById("flake"+i).style.top  = Math.floor(pos_y[i])+"px";
	}
	setTimeout("snowDOM()", intervall);
}

 if (browser_dom) {
	snowDOM();
} else if (browser_ns4) {
	snowNS4();
}

