function statusSetter() {
  window.defaultStatus = "gerberg & co" ;
  window.status = window.defaultStatus ;
  var cS = ( screen.colorDepth === undefined) ? ( screen.pixelDepth ) : ( screen.colorDepth ) ;
}

function gifChange( gifName, gifID, statusText ){
  document.images[gifName].src=gifID;
  window.status=statusText;
  return true;
}

function tryOpen( URL ){
  var preload = new Image;
  preload.src = "/images/tryopen.gif?" + URL ;
  window.open('http://' + URL, 'tryOpen');	//work arround for strict deprecation of target
}

function offSite( URL ){
  var preload = new Image;
  preload.src = "/images/tryopen.gif?" + URL.substring(7) ;
  window.open( URL, 'offSite');	//work arround for strict deprecation of target
}

function mailWrite( user, textSubject, textShow ){
  if( user == "information" ){user == "inform"}
  var query = ( textSubject.length < 1 ) ? "" : "?subject=" + textSubject ;
  document.write( '<a href=\"mailto:' + user + '%40ger'+ 'berg.com' + query + '\" style=\"color:blue;\">');
  document.write( textShow + '</a>' );
}

function openWindow(pageToLoad, winName, width, height, center){
    xposition=0; yposition=0;
    args = "width=" + width + ","
    + "height=" + height + ","
    + "location=0,"
    + "menubar=0,"
    + "resizable=1,"
    + "scrollbars=1,"
    + "status=0,"
    + "toolbar=0,"
    window.open( pageToLoad,winName,args );
}