If you use the browser's "onclick" or "onmouseout" properties instead of the jQuery event calls, the result is very similar: http://jsperf.com/always-return-on

If you use the browser's "onclick" or "onmouseout" properties instead of the jQuery event calls, the result is very similar: http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/5 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/5