disable a hyperlink using jQuery

Question

Click me

I did

$(\'.my-link\').attr(\'disabled\', true);

Answer 1

$('.my-link').click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); }); 

You could use:

$('.my-link').click(function(e) { return false; }); 

But I don't like to use this myself as it is more cryptic, even though it is used extensively throughout much jQuery code.