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When would you set location to a URL string versus setting location.href?
location = "http://www.stackoverflow.com";
vs
location.href = "http://www.stackoverflow.com";
You might set
locationdirectly because it’s slightly shorter. If you’re trying to be terse, you can usually omit thewindow.too.URL assignments to both
location.hrefandlocationare defined to work in JavaScript 1.0, back in Netscape 2, and have been implemented in every browser since. So take your pick and use whichever you find clearest.