if (!window.getComputedStyle) {
    window.getComputedStyle = function(el, pseudo) {
        this.el = el;
        this.getPropertyValue = function(prop) {
            var re = /(\-([a-z]){1})/g;
            if (prop == 'float') prop = 'styleFloat';
            if (re.test(prop)) {
                prop = prop.replace(re, function () {
                    return arguments[2].toUpperCase();
                });
            }
            return el.currentStyle[prop] ? el.currentStyle[prop] : null;
        }
        return this;
    }
}

EXAMPLE

window.onload = function() {
    var compStyle = window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById('test'), "");
    
    alert(compStyle.getPropertyValue("color"));
    alert(compStyle.getPropertyValue("float"));
    alert(compStyle.getPropertyValue("background-color"));
}

if (!window.getComputedStyle) {
    window.getComputedStyle = function(el, pseudo) {
        this.el = el;
        this.getPropertyValue = function(prop) {
            var re = /(\-([a-z]){1})/g;
            if (prop == 'float') prop = 'styleFloat';
            if (re.test(prop)) {
                prop = prop.replace(re, function () {
                    return arguments[2].toUpperCase();
                });
            }
            return el.currentStyle[prop] ? el.currentStyle[prop] : null;
        }
        return this;
    }
}

fix for IE, adds getComputedStyle method for the object window and getPropertyValue method for the object, which returns getComputedStyle

getComputedStyle for IE

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