var BROWSER = navigator.appName;

 function GEBID(id) { return document.getElementById(id); } //--returns any dom element by it's id value
 function GFORM(name) { return document.forms[name]; } //--returns any html form element by it's name value


//--xspark core element prototypes(Mozilla, Opera)


if(BROWSER != "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {

HTMLElement.prototype.contains = function(node) {
 if (node == null) { return false; }
 if (node == this) { return true; }
 else { 
 return this.contains(node.parentNode); 
}
}

}