I have an Asp:Repeater in a master page that generates a set of Link Buttons.  These Link buttons do not actually 'go' anywhere.  Their purpose is to call a click event handler and change an internal variable.  For the most part this works.  However the page that uses this master page is a huge assembly of Telerik controls encased in a RadAjaxPanel.  When one of these controls triggers an Ajax postback within the panel, this seems to disable the LinkButtons, but only in Chrome and Opera.  IE and FireFox still work.
My question is not specifically about Telerik.  
What I'd like to know is what, in general, might be able to disable Javascript postbacks?
The Link buttons are rendered as follows.  There appears to be no change in the format before and after the Ajax action.
<a id="TeamRepeater_btn1_2" title="7" href='javascript:WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(n ...

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