jQuery resize event not firing

Question

For whatever reason the following:

$(function() {
  $(window).resize(function() {
    alert(\"resized!\");
  });
});

only fires an event wh

Answer 1

works in any browser:

http://jsbin.com/uyovu3/edit#preview

$(window).resize(function() {
  $('body').prepend('
' + $(window).width() + '
');
});