No, it would only be needed if you had other languages, VBScript perhaps, in the page as well. It should be reserved for executing JavaScript URLs:
Code:
<a href="javascript:alert('Hello!');return false;">See Message</a>
It's another of those things, like using eval, that people have picked up from some old examples and seems to propagate everywhere.
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Microsoft MVP - XML)
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