Still faster, check revision 6 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/6 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/6 revision 7 http://jsperf.c

Still faster, check revision 6 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/6 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/6 revision 7 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/7 http://jsperf.com/always-return-on-jquery-events/7. Just return vs return true (faster). But as smilekzs points out revision 3 this might not be about the return statement.