[jQuery] Can't reproduce modal behavior - how to prevent clicks?

[jQuery] Can't reproduce modal behavior - how to prevent clicks?


I'm trying to prevent any mouse clicks on my page (if only for a short
time), and I have this working on a very simple test page, but within
my application (that has a very large DOM footprint) nothing is
working.
function noop(){ return false; }
jQuery( document ).bind( 'click mousedown mouseup', noop );
I am running this code well after the DOM is loaded. I've tried
binding to document, document.body, "*", and window. I am not dealing
with any frames. I've also tried unbinding any click/mousedown events
prior to binding.
I am currently using jQuery 1.2.6, although for fitness I tested this
with 1.3.2 but I get the same results. What could I be doing wrong?