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sb_01 on 10/01/10

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$('a[rel*=external]').click( function() {
	window.open(this.href);
	return false;
});
 
// Better Solution
// thanks to: emelendez
$('body').delegate('a[rel=external]', 'click', function(){ 
	window.open(this.href);
	return false;
})

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Posted By: emelendez on October 2, 2010

if you have lots of "a" tags (normal) in your page (imagine 100 anchors) then it binds "n" times to each one.

In that case it is better to delegate (once) to a parent (body, in general):

$('body').delegate('a[rel=external]', 'click', function(){ window.open(this.href);return false;})