diff --git a/src/utils/Browser.js b/src/utils/Browser.js
index bc78968..e7b1180 100644
--- a/src/utils/Browser.js
+++ b/src/utils/Browser.js
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@
  * @module xterm/utils/Browser
  */
 
+import { contains } from './Generic.js';
 
 let userAgent = navigator.userAgent;
 let platform = navigator.platform;
 
 export let isFirefox = !!~userAgent.indexOf('Firefox');
 export let isMSIE = !!~userAgent.indexOf('MSIE');
+
+// Find the users platform. We use this to interpret the meta key
+// and ISO third level shifts.
+// http://stackoverflow.com/q/19877924/577598
+export let isMac = contains(platform, ['Macintosh', 'MacIntel', 'MacPPC', 'Mac68K']);
+export let isIpad = platform === 'iPad';
+export let isIphone = platform === 'iPhone';
+export let isMSWindows = contains(platform, ['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE']);
diff --git a/src/utils/Generic.js b/src/utils/Generic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5097b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/Generic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * xterm.js: xterm, in the browser
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, SourceLair Private Company <www.sourcelair.com> (MIT License)
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Generic utilities module. This module contains generic methods that can be helpful at
+ * different parts of the code base.
+ * @module xterm/utils/Generic
+ */
+
+export let contains = function(el, arr) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 1) {
+    if (el === arr[i]) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+};
diff --git a/src/xterm.js b/src/xterm.js
index e1840f2..63f0ac2 100644
--- a/src/xterm.js
+++ b/src/xterm.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { CompositionHelper } from './CompositionHelper.js';
 import { EventEmitter } from './EventEmitter.js';
 import { Viewport } from './Viewport.js';
 import { rightClickHandler, pasteHandler, copyHandler } from './handlers/Clipboard.js';
-import { isFirefox, isMSIE } from './utils/Browser';
+import { isFirefox, isMSIE, isMac, isIpad, isIphone, isMSWindows } from './utils/Browser';
 
 /**
  * Terminal Emulation References:
@@ -536,22 +536,6 @@ Terminal.prototype.open = function(parent) {
   this.document = this.parent.ownerDocument;
   this.body = this.document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
 
-  // Find the users platform. We use this to interpret the meta key
-  // and ISO third level shifts.
-  // http://stackoverflow.com/q/19877924/577598
-  if (this.context.navigator && this.context.navigator.platform) {
-    this.isMac = contains(
-      this.context.navigator.platform,
-      ['Macintosh', 'MacIntel', 'MacPPC', 'Mac68K']
-    );
-    this.isIpad = this.context.navigator.platform === 'iPad';
-    this.isIphone = this.context.navigator.platform === 'iPhone';
-    this.isMSWindows = contains(
-      this.context.navigator.platform,
-      ['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE']
-    );
-  }
-
   //Create main element container
   this.element = this.document.createElement('div');
   this.element.classList.add('terminal');
@@ -2720,7 +2704,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.evaluateKeyEscapeSequence = function(ev) {
           // ^] - group sep
           result.key = String.fromCharCode(29);
         }
-      } else if (!this.isMac && ev.altKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey) {
+      } else if (!isMac && ev.altKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey) {
         // On Mac this is a third level shift. Use <Esc> instead.
         if (ev.keyCode >= 65 && ev.keyCode <= 90) {
           result.key = '\x1b' + String.fromCharCode(ev.keyCode + 32);
@@ -4875,15 +4859,6 @@ Terminal.charsets.ISOLatin = null; // /A
  * Helpers
  */
 
-function contains(el, arr) {
-  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 1) {
-    if (el === arr[i]) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 function on(el, type, handler, capture) {
   if (!Array.isArray(el)) {
     el = [el];
@@ -4938,8 +4913,8 @@ function indexOf(obj, el) {
 
 function isThirdLevelShift(term, ev) {
   var thirdLevelKey =
-      (term.isMac && ev.altKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey) ||
-      (term.isMSWindows && ev.altKey && ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey);
+      (isMac && ev.altKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey) ||
+      (isMSWindows && ev.altKey && ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey);
 
   if (ev.type == 'keypress') {
     return thirdLevelKey;