window.sessionStorage throws an exception when cookies are disabled in some browsers

Author: labaneilers

scripts/uncompressed/history.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		console = window.console||undefined, // Prevent a JSLint complain
 		document = window.document, // Make sure we are using the correct document
 		navigator = window.navigator, // Make sure we are using the correct navigator
-		sessionStorage = window.sessionStorage||false, // sessionStorage
+		sessionStorage = false, // sessionStorage
 		setTimeout = window.setTimeout,
 		clearTimeout = window.clearTimeout,
 		setInterval = window.setInterval,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 		history = window.history; // Old History Object
 
 	try {
+		sessionStorage = window.sessionStorage; // This will throw an exception in some browsers when cookies/localStorage are explicitly disabled (i.e. Chrome)
 		sessionStorage.setItem('TEST', '1');
 		sessionStorage.removeItem('TEST');
 	} catch(e) {