jQuery will remove all event handlers on unload to avoid memory leaks. You should consider event delegation, see the docs for live(): http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live It will speed up your loading/unloading times considerably.
cheers, - ricardo On Jan 30, 2:58 pm, dberthia <dave.berthia...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got a jQuery 1.2.6 script that attaches a click handler to every > hyperlink on a page. We have a small number of pages where the number > of link are massive (5000+, and yes I know this is ridiculous). On > these pages, when I try to navigate AWAY from them, Firefox will be > unresponsive for a couple of minutes. I've determined the length of > the delay is directly proportional to the number of my click handlers. > I've tried 1.3.1, but have gotten only marginally better results. I > don't see the issue in IE or Safari. Any ideas? > > I've tried doing a manual unbind on the links in window.onunload, to > no avail. > > - Dave
