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Layers were the core of a method of dynamic HTML programming specific to Netscape 4. Each layer was treated as a separate document object in JavaScript. The content could be included in the same file within the non-standard layer element or loaded from a separate file with But in modern browsers, the functionality of layers is provided by using an absolutely-positioned div, or, for loading the content from an external file, an IFrame. At the height of the Browser Wars, Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer had significantly different JavaScript implementations. Thus, layers could be used for browser detection. A JavaScript program would very often need to run different blocks of code, depending on the browser. To decide which blocks of code to run, a JavaScript program could test for support for layers, regardless of whether the program involved layers at all. Namely,