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Call history.back() without triggering 'popstate'

Is there a way to call window.history.back(); without triggering this.getWindow().on('popstate', this.handleBrowserButtons.bind(this));?

No, window.history.back and window.history.go would always trigger the popstate event.
In fact, that's the only time the event is actually triggering so you could probably remove the popstate event handler altogether and use something else if you don't want this happening on back/forward navigation.

As history.back and history.go always call a registered onpopstate event you could make the onpopstate event the main way of closing the modal. I did this when I was doing something similar and it worked well.
To keep this backward compatible with browsers that don't support pushstate you can check for support and call closeModal directly when there is no support.
So the close modal button code would be like this:
if (history.pushState) {
// Your popstate event handler will be called, which calls closeModal()
history.back();
}
else {
// No popstate event handler registered, so call closeModal() directly
closeModal();
}

Is there a way to delay a popstate event?

I've tried a few methods to see if I can create a cross browser solution for delaying a popstate event but have not had any luck.
Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?
Below obviously does not work, but something to the effect of:
$(window).on('popstate', function(e) {
// something here to delay the history pageload
console.log('a wild console has appeared!');
});
So the flow would follow this sequence:
Browser "back" or "forward" button clicked
run initial code
A delay before the page changes
page change

According to the Documentation the popstate event is
only triggered by doing a browser action such as a click on the back button
So I do not believe it will get triggered when user clicks 'forward' (and it varies in some browsers)
For reference, here's the full text:
The popstate event is fired when the active history entry changes. If the history entry being activated was created by a call to history.pushState() or was affected by a call to history.replaceState(), the popstate event's state property contains a copy of the history entry's state object.
Note that just calling history.pushState() or history.replaceState() won't trigger a popstate event. The popstate event is only triggered by doing a browser action such as a click on the back button (or calling history.back() in JavaScript).
Browsers tend to handle the popstate event differently on page load. Chrome (prior to v34) and Safari always emit a popstate event on page load, but Firefox doesn't.
UPDATED ANSWER ABOVE
Your code works. (see below) - I added an element to trigger the event (you can see the results in the console)
Make sure you include the jQuery library on your HTML prior to using it though.
$(window).on('popstate', function(e) {
console.log('fired instantly!');
var timer = setTimeout(function() {
console.log('delayed popstate!');
clearTimeout(timer);
}, 1000);
});
$(window).trigger( 'popstate') ;
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

popstate event on history api does not fire

I have a simple code to test the history api of html5
Just some buttons
<button name="hey1" onClick="historytestone();">history test one</button>
<button name="hey2" onClick="historytesttwo();">history test two</button>
<button name="hey3" onClick="historytestthree();">history test three</button>
<button name="hey4" onClick="historytestfour();">history test four</button>
<button name="hey5" onClick="historytestfive();">history test five</button>
and my js is like
function historytestone(){
history.pushState({page: "ross"}, "ross","ross.html");
}
function historytesttwo(){
history.pushState({page: "monica"}, "monica","monica.html");
}
function historytestthree(){
history.pushState({page: "chandler"}, "chandler","chandler.html");
}
function historytestfour(){
history.pushState({page: "joy"}, "joy","joy.html");
}
function historytestfive(){
history.pushState({page: "rachel"}, "rachel","rachel.html?a=1&b=2");
}
// this does not work
window.addEventListener("popstate", function(event) {
alert("hello");
});
//nor this works
window.onpopstate=function(event){
alert("hello");
}
When I try to listen for the popstate event, I get no alert and no errors on the console. No metter what syntax I use, I get nothing.
Sorry, but I cannot see what is wrong. Please explain.
EDIT
Here is my problem.
This is my code here and this is the demo I was based here.
Now, I believe that my code is a simplified version of the demo.
I have to click the "back" button of the browser in order to fire the popstate event (see the alerts). But the demo can fire the popstate event (change content) just by clicking the names.
Why this happens? Why I have to hit the back button and the demo does not, even tho is the same code? Thanks again

based on the definition here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/popstate
The popstate event is fired when the active history entry changes. If
the history entry being activated was created by a call to
history.pushState() or was affected by a call to
history.replaceState(), the popstate event's state property contains a
copy of the history entry's state object.
Note that just calling history.pushState() or history.replaceState()
won't trigger a popstate event. The popstate event is only triggered
by doing a browser action such as a click on the back button (or
calling history.back() in JavaScript).
Browsers tend to handle the popstate event differently on page load.
Chrome and Safari always emit a popstate event on page load, but
Firefox doesn't.
if you see the source code of http://html5doctor.com/demos/history/ each time when you click a link it calls the updateContent function (which is also the event handler of popstate) then it calls pushState.

binding popstate event not working

I have tried to type this code into the browser's console:
window.onpopstate = function() {alert(1);}
and then click the back button. No alert has shown.
Am I doing something wrong? Or is it not allowed to bind popstate event to a page from console?
Using Chrome 24 and Firefox 18

Type this into the console
window.onpopstate = function() {alert(1);}; history.pushState({}, '');
then click the back button.

I prefer adding the popstate listener as follows, to prevent overwriting of what's already in window.onpopstate:
window.addEventListener('popstate', function(){alert(1);});

Javascript how can I trigger an event that was prevented

In my app a user clicks a link to another page. I'd like to track that in Omniture with a custom event, so I've bound the omniture s.t() event to the click event. How can I make certain the event fires before the next page is requested?
I've considered event.preventDefault() on the click event of the link, but I actually want the original event to occur, just not immediately.

omniture's s.tl() function has a built-in delay

Some thing like this:
var cachedEvent = yourElement.onclick;
yourElement.onclick = function(){
s.t(); // Omniture thingy
cachedEvent(); // Old event
}

I don't know what Omniture events are, but just have
yourElement.onClick = function(){
omnitureFunction();
}
onmitureFunction = function() {
//stuff
myOtherFunction();//what onClick is "supposed to do"
}
So function2 happens only on successful completion of function1