Add to browser favorites/bookmarks from JavaScript but for all browsers (mine doesn't work in Chrome)?

Question

Can anyone help, I am using the following for adding a bookmark to IE and Firefox but its not working in Chrome and I don\'t get my error msg saying \"not supported\" either

Answer 1

I just tested this script in:

Win

• IE 6.0, IE 7.0, IE 8.0
• Firefox 2.0, Firefox 3.6.3
• Safari 3.1.2, Safari 3.2.3
• Opera 9.00
• Google Chrome 8.0

Mac

• Firefox 3.6.13
• Safari 5.0.1
• Opera 11.0

• Google Chrome 8.0

  /*
  * Copyright 2010 by GlamThumbs Team.
  *
  * How To Use The Script:
  * add to your page this code between inside head tags
  *  
  * add anchor with void href like this: 
  * bookmark us 
  * 
  */
  
  ATBookmarkApp = function () {
      var isIEmac = false; /*@cc_on @if(@_jscript&&!(@_win32||@_win16)&& 
  (@_jscript_version<5.5)) isIEmac=true; @end @*/
      var isMSIE = (-[1,]) ? false : true;
      var cjTitle = document.title;
      var cjHref = location.href;
  
      function hotKeys() {
          var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
          var str = '';
          var isWebkit = (ua.indexOf('webkit') != - 1);
          var isMac = (ua.indexOf('mac') != - 1);
  
          if (ua.indexOf('konqueror') != - 1) {
              str = 'CTRL + B'; // Konqueror
          } else if (window.home || isWebkit || isIEmac || isMac) {
              str = (isMac ? 'Command/Cmd' : 'CTRL') + ' + D'; // Netscape, Safari, iCab, IE5/Mac
          }
          return ((str) ? 'Press ' + str + ' to bookmark this page.' : str);
      }
  
      function isIE8() {
          var rv = -1;
          if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
              var ua = navigator.userAgent;
              var re = new RegExp("MSIE ([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})");
              if (re.exec(ua) != null) {
                  rv = parseFloat(RegExp.$1);
              }
          }
          if (rv > - 1) {
              if (rv >= 8.0) {
                  return true;
              }
          }
          return false;
      }
  
      function addBookmark(a) {
          try {
              if (typeof a == "object" && a.tagName.toLowerCase() == "a") {
                  a.style.cursor = 'pointer';
                  if ((typeof window.sidebar == "object") && (typeof window.sidebar.addPanel == "function")) {
                      window.sidebar.addPanel(cjTitle, cjHref, ""); // Gecko
                      return false;   
                  } else if (isMSIE && typeof window.external == "object") {
                      if (isIE8()) {
                          window.external.AddToFavoritesBar(cjHref, cjTitle); // IE 8                    
                      } else {
                          window.external.AddFavorite(cjHref, cjTitle); // IE <=7
                      }
                      return false;
                  } else if (window.opera) {
                      a.href = cjHref;
                      a.title = cjTitle;
                      a.rel = 'sidebar'; // Opera 7+
                      return true;
                  } else {
                      alert(hotKeys());
                  }
              } else {
                  throw "Error occured.\r\nNote, only A tagname is allowed!";
              }
          } catch (err) {
              alert(err);
          }
  
      }
  
      return {
          addBookmark : addBookmark
      }
  }();