public static void open(String url){
		
			String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
		        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
		 
			try{
		 
			    if (os.indexOf( "win" ) >= 0) {
		 
			        // this doesn't support showing urls in the form of "page.html#nameLink" 
			        rt.exec( "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
		 
			    } else if (os.indexOf( "mac" ) >= 0) {
		 
			        rt.exec( "open " + url);
		 
		            } else if (os.indexOf( "nix") >=0 || os.indexOf( "nux") >=0) {
		 
			        // Do a best guess on unix until we get a platform independent way
			        // Build a list of browsers to try, in this order.
			        String[] browsers = {"epiphany", "firefox", "mozilla", "konqueror",
			       			             "netscape","opera","links","lynx"};
		 
			        // Build a command string which looks like "browser1 "url" || browser2 "url" ||..."
			        StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer();
			        for (int i=0; i<browsers.length; i++)
			            cmd.append( (i==0  ? "" : " || " ) + browsers[i] +" \"" + url + "\" ");
		 
			        rt.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", cmd.toString() });
		 
		           } 
		       }catch (Exception e){
		    	   e.printStackTrace();
		    	   System.out.println("Failed to open url");
		       }	
		 
		}