Prevent js alert() from pausing timers

Question

So I made some timers for a quiz. The thing is, I just realized when I put

javascript: alert(\"blah\");

in the address, the popup alert bo

Answer 1

Apparently the preview rendering differs from the posted rendering. This paragraph is here to make sure the next two lines show up as code.

// Preserve native alert() if you need it for something special
window.nativeAlert = window.alert;

window.alert = function(msg) {
    // Do something with msg here. I always write mine to console.log,
    // but then I have rarely found a use for a real modal dialog,
    // and most can be handled by the browser (like window.onbeforeunload).
};