function badBrowser(){
  if($.browser.msie && parseInt($.browser.version) < 6){ return true;}
  
  return false;
}

function getBadBrowser(c_name)
{
  if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    { 
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1; 
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    } 
  }
  return "";
} 

function setBadBrowser(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
  var exdate=new Date();
  exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
  document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value) + ((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}

if(badBrowser() && getBadBrowser('browserWarning') != 'seen' ){
  $(function(){
    $("<div class='notice' id='browserWarning'>Oops! The browser that you are using is unsupported.  Some things may not look as intended.<br/>  Please switch to <a href='http://getfirefox.com' target='_blank'>FireFox</a>, <a href='http://www.apple.com/safari/download' target='_blank'>Safari</a> or upgrade to <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx' target='_blank'>Internet Explorer 7</a>. Thank you!<br/><br/><form><input type='button' id='warningClose' value='I understand - continue anyway.' /></form></div> ")
      .css({
        'font-size': '150%',
        'text-align': 'center'
      })
      .prependTo("body");
    
    $('#warningClose').click(function(){
      setBadBrowser('browserWarning','seen');
      $('#browserWarning').slideUp('fast');
      return false;
    });
  }); 
}