Javascript: onUnload event not working

Question

I can't get the bit of JavaScript code. Was watching a tutorial on JavaScript so I tested it my self. I went to read up a bit and some sources said it did not work in Chrome so I tested with Firefox. However, it still did not work on Firefox. What went wrong?

    <body onUnload="alert('Good Bye!');"></body>

UPDATE: By the way, the person in the tutorial used

    <body onUnload="alert('Good bye');"></body>

and it worked for him. He was using a older version of Chrome.

take a look, he said it didn't work on FF as we expected. He already knows about chrome. :/ — Rafael Brasil, Jul 04 '14 at 03:04
try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20773306/mozilla-firefox-not-working-with-window-onbeforeunload — Rafael Brasil, Jul 04 '14 at 03:14
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391834 Maybe the tutorial is years old. — epascarello, Jul 04 '14 at 03:36
@user3744056, if the answer below solved your problem then pleas mark it as accepted. Otherwise adding your own solution as the accepted answer can help others with a similar problem. Thanks! — N-ate, Jul 06 '14 at 21:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 03:36

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Try OnBeforeUnload, unless you're targeting older browsers.

answered Jul 04 '14 at 03:36

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You'll have to find someone to do some testing for you. I only develop for the latest versions of Ch, FF, OP, and SF. IE I sometimes support as far back as 8. – N-ate Jul 04 '14 at 03:56

Javascript: onUnload event not working

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