From b417abc3de44acda7caadd4e76b64e88433dd2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Alves <seth.alves@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:16:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] try again on string startswith

---
 examples/controllers/handControllerGrab.js | 2 +-
 examples/grab.js                           | 2 +-
 examples/libraries/utils.js                | 6 ------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/controllers/handControllerGrab.js b/examples/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
index 6bd1949cd3..aaa894a887 100644
--- a/examples/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
+++ b/examples/controllers/handControllerGrab.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function entityIsGrabbedByOther(entityID) {
         if (tag == getTag()) {
             continue;
         }
-        if (tag.startsWith("grab-")) {
+        if (tag.slice(0, 5) == "grab-") {
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/examples/grab.js b/examples/grab.js
index 3a9ce9921d..3e0212bbba 100644
--- a/examples/grab.js
+++ b/examples/grab.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function entityIsGrabbedByOther(entityID) {
         if (tag == getTag()) {
             continue;
         }
-        if (tag.startsWith("grab-")) {
+        if (tag.slice(0, 5) == "grab-") {
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/examples/libraries/utils.js b/examples/libraries/utils.js
index 2ee9bdd5fb..f6f635c73a 100644
--- a/examples/libraries/utils.js
+++ b/examples/libraries/utils.js
@@ -179,9 +179,3 @@ pointInExtents = function(point, minPoint, maxPoint) {
            (point.y >= minPoint.y && point.y <= maxPoint.y) &&
            (point.z >= minPoint.z && point.z <= maxPoint.z);
 }
-
-if (typeof String.prototype.startsWith != 'function') {
-  String.prototype.startsWith = function (str){
-    return this.slice(0, str.length) == str;
-  };
-}