A Pen by Andrew Kirchmyer.

index.html

<a href="http://synacor.com" id="link1">New Window</a>
<a href="http://synacor.com" id="link2">Same Window</a>
<a href="http://synacor.com" id="link3">Location Info</a>

script.js

// Use the following for a TRUE redirect, that will not throw the user forward on hitting the back button.
//window.location.replace('http://example.com');

$('#link1').on('click', function(ev) {
    // options for opening new windows:  
    //   http://w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_open.asp
    window.open(this.href,"my_window", "width=400, height=400");
});
$('#link2').on('click', function(ev) {
    // Best suited for sending the user somewhere in response to an event
    window.location.href = this.href;
});
$('#link3').on('click', function(ev) {
    console.log('location href: ', window.location.href);
    console.log('location protocol: ', window.location.protocol);
    console.log('location hostname: ', window.location.hostname);
    console.log('location pathname: ', window.location.pathname);
    console.log('location port: ', window.location.port);
    console.log('location search: ', window.location.search);
    console.log('location hash: ', window.location.hash);

    ev.preventDefault(); // Prevent the synacor.com link from working
});

window.location,-window.open.markdown

window.location, window.open

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