[thelist] Using Location.href Vs location.replace

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>hi guys
>
>Where is the benefit in using     location.replace(url)
>
>as opposed to     location.href = url.

location.replace() is useful when you redirect users to another page. If 
you'd use location.href and the user would click 'Back', he'd go back to the 
redirection page which redirects him forward once again.
Since replace() overwrites the previous entry in the history, this problem 
is eliminated.

>AFAIK, usage of .replace is browser-dependant.

So is location.href, but both are very well supported.

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