var browserName=navigator.appName; 
pluginFound = false;

function hasQuickTime() {
		if (!window.ActiveXObject) return false;
		try { if (new ActiveXObject('QuickTime.QuickTime')) return true;}
		catch (e) {}
		try {if(new ActiveXObject('QuickTimeCheckObject.QuickTimeCheck')) return true;}
		catch (e) {};
		return false;
	}

function detectQuickTime() {
if (browserName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
    //pluginFound = new ActiveXObject('QuickTime.QuickTime');
pluginFound= hasQuickTime();
} else {
    pluginFound = detectPlugin('QuickTime');
    }
    
    //alert(pluginFound);
}

function detectPlugin() {
    // allow for multiple checks in a single pass
    var daPlugins = detectPlugin.arguments;
    // consider pluginFound to be false until proven true
    var pluginFound = false;
    // if plugins array is there and not fake
    if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length > 0) {
	var pluginsArrayLength = navigator.plugins.length;
	// for each plugin...
	for (pluginsArrayCounter=0; pluginsArrayCounter < pluginsArrayLength; pluginsArrayCounter++ ) {
	    // loop through all desired names and check each against the current plugin name
	    var numFound = 0;
	    for(namesCounter=0; namesCounter < daPlugins.length; namesCounter++) {
		// if desired plugin name is found in either plugin name or description
		if( (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].name.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) || 
		    (navigator.plugins[pluginsArrayCounter].description.indexOf(daPlugins[namesCounter]) >= 0) ) {
		    // this name was found
		    numFound++;
		}   
	    }
	    // now that we have checked all the required names against this one plugin,
	    // if the number we found matches the total number provided then we were successful
	    if(numFound == daPlugins.length) {
		pluginFound = true;
		// if we've found the plugin, we can stop looking through at the rest of the plugins
		break;
	    }
	}
    }
    return pluginFound;
} // detectPlugin