jQuery - Cancel form submit (using “return false”?)?

Question

I\'m running into a bit of trouble while trying to cancel the submit of a form. I\'ve been following this tutorial (even though i\'m not making a login script), and it seems

Answer 1

You indicate that "that the alert before the 'return false' doesn't show".

When using jQuery, the id or name of the submit element can not be 'submit' - if it is, then the submit event won't be fired.