public static void launchBrowser(final String url)
    {
        final String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
        try
        {
            if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS"))
            {
                final Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
                final Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL", new Class[] {
                    String.class
                });
                openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] {
                    url
                });
            }
            else if (osName.startsWith("Windows"))
            {
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
            }
            else
            {
                // assume Unix or Linux
                final String[] browsers = {
                    "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany", "mozilla", "netscape"
                };
                String browser = null;
                for (int count = 0; (count < browsers.length) && (browser == null); count++)
                {
                    if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
                        "which", browsers[count]
                    }).waitFor() == 0)
                    {
                        browser = browsers[count];
                    }
                }

                if (browser == null)
                {
                    throw new Exception("Could not find web browser");
                }

                Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
                    browser, url
                });
            }
        }
        catch (final Exception e)
        {
            Log.log(Log.NET, e);
        }
    }