var win95 = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Win95");
var ns3 = navigator.userAgent >= "Mozilla/3" ;

function chStatus(msg)
{
  top.window.status = msg;
  if (win95 && !ns3)
    setTimeout("clearStatus()", 2500);
  return true
}

function clearStatus()
{
  if (win95) {
    top.window.status = "";
    return true
  }
}