如何用js来判断浏览器类型(ie,firefox)等等

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function getOs()
{
var OsObject = "";
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>0) {
return "MSIE";
}
if(isFirefox=navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")>0){
return "Firefox";
}
if(isSafari=navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")>0) {
return "Safari";
}
if(isCamino=navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Camino")>0){
return "Camino";
}
if(isMozilla=navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Gecko/")>0){
return "Gecko";
}

}
alert("您的浏览器类型为:"+getOs());
-->
</script>

if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}