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Using data attributes to elegantly create Mixpanel trackers. http://tjvanslyke.com/using-data-attributes-to-elegantly-create-mixpanel-trackers/
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| $('a[data-mixpanel-tracker]').click -> | |
| setTimeout (=> window.location.href = $(@).attr('href')), 300 | |
| tracker = $(@).attr('data-mixpanel-tracker') | |
| properties = JSON.parse($(@).attr('data-mixpanel-properties') || '{}') | |
| mixpanel.track tracker, properties | |
| return false |
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You can improve on this a bit more still by turning the function that jumps to the href location into a var and passing it as the callback of mixpanel.track as well.
That way you jump as soon as the event is received by MixPanel in case it's faster than 300ms.