http://simonwillison.net/2008-12-19T13:58:00+00:00Simon Willison2008-12-19T13:58:00+00:002008-12-19T13:58:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Dec/19/onbeforeunload/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://blog.whatwg.org/this-week-in-html-5-episode-16"><p>Someone asked for onbeforeunload, so I started fixing it. Then I found that there was some rot in the drywall. So I took down the drywall. Then I found a rat infestation. So I killed all the rats. Then I found that the reason for the rot was a slow leak in the plumbing. So I tried fixing the plumbing, but it turned out the whole building used lead pipes. So I had to redo all the plumbing. But then I found that the town's water system wasn't quite compatible with modern plumbing techniques, and I had to dig up the entire town. And that's basically it.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://blog.whatwg.org/this-week-in-html-5-episode-16">Ian Hickson</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/html5">html5</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ian-hickson">ian-hickson</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/onbeforeunload">onbeforeunload</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/standards">standards</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/whatwg">whatwg</a></p>