function parseStr(str) {
	var first = str.split('&');
	var data = new Array();
	
	for(var i = 0; i < first.length; i++) {
		var last = first[i].split('=');
		
		data[last[0]] = last[1];
	}
	
	return data;
}

function fixPNG(who) {
	var isIE = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera') == -1);
	if(isIE) {
		// filter for MSIE 6.x and 5.5
		var ie6xFilter = /^.*MSIE [6]\.[0-9].*$/;
		var ie55Filter = /^.*MSIE [5].*$/;
		
		if(ie6xFilter.test(navigator.userAgent) || ie55Filter.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
			who.onload = function(){}
			who.style.filter = 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='+who.src+')';
			who.src = 'images/pixel.gif';
		}
	}
}

function preload(imagePathArray) {
	var imageArray = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < imagePathArray.length; i++) {
		var nextImage = new Image();
		nextImage.src = imagePathArray[i];
		imageArray.push(nextImage);
	}
	return imageArray;
}