How dangerous is e.preventDefault();, and can it be replaced by keydown/mousedown tracking?

Question

I\'m working on a tracking script for a fairly sophisticated CRM for tracking form actions in Google Analytics. I\'m trying to balance the desire to track form actions accuratel

Answer 1

To expand on @Malvolio's answer: Once gaq sends the event the next item in the queue will process. This means that the event HTTP request may abort on the client side, but GA will receive the request. Don't worry about blocking script execution until the response finishes. It is a fire and forget scenario.