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window.location does not work on Firefox

I had a scenario wherein a user clicks a button and a client side javascript function executes and redirects user to another page. I used window.location.href for redirection, but this did not work in firefox. Having looked up at other sites, the suggestion was to use window.location but this did not work still. I then realised that the problem was the way the javascript function was called in the onclick event of the button and it required a return false; to get it working. Below is the code sample, the button has a return false, which prevents the form from submitting to itself and enable re-direction. <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> function GoToRegistration() { var url = "http://www.lotussoftwaremall.com/" window.location=url; } </script> <input name="submit" type="image" src="submitbutton.png" onclick="GoToRegistration(); return false ;" width="80" he...