'beforeunload' Chrome Issue

Question

I have this simple piece of code -

$(window).bind('beforeunload', function(){
    alert("Good Bye")
});

Works great with Firefox, IE8 but not in Chrome. Is it a known problem or is there any alternative for that ?

Actually what I am trying to do is to log details whenever user tries to close the browser.

function LogTime()
{
    jQuery.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "log.php",
      data: "",
      cache: false,
      success: function(response)
      {
      }
    );
}

$(window).bind('beforeunload', function(){
    LogTime();
});

This works well in Firefox, but not in Chrome

Answer 1

Return a string instead:

$(window).on('beforeunload', function(){
    return "Good bye";
});​

Answer 2

Try this for all Browsers:-

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) {

  var confirmationMessage = "\o/";     
  e.returnValue = confirmationMessage;           
  return confirmationMessage;       

});