Is there ANY way to run a little piece of code when the browser changes location/closes?
I know there's the javascript onunload() event, but I need a function that will work on ALL browsers (including text-only!)

I need this because I am building a little chat application on my website, and when a user logs on, the screen shows "User Username has entered."
What I want is that when a user closes the browser (without clicking a button to logoff), I can have "User Username has left the room." pop up on other users' screens.

I don't think there's a way to do this, but I'm desperate.
The only thing I can think of is storing times in a file. Everytime a user chats, their username and the current time are stored in a file. Everytime a user chats, the script opens that file, reads in all usernames/times and if the user's time in the file is more than two minutes apart from the current time, the user is removed.

Two reasons I DON'T want to do this:

  • Lots of code (A LOT!)
  • Inefficient (Is that spelt wrong?)

    So any help or ideas are welcome! See ya later! (If you're leaving a message for me, I'm probably on right now, and I'll get your message right away)

    In reply to Script Unload?? by Anonymous Monk

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