Potential problems setting [removed].hash

Question

I have some javascript code which, at one point, sets window.location.hash to a specific string. This works fine in Firefox 3, but I want to know if I will run

Answer 1

Setting window.location.hash works fine in IE6 & IE7.

In some occasions, reading window.location.hash under IE6 right after a set will return the old value, but the browser has set the hash successfully. An example:

alert(window.location.hash);
window.location.hash = '#newHash';

/* Sometimes, it will return the old value,
   I haven't figured out why it does that, and
   it's rather rare. */
alert(window.location.hash);

If you are just using it to set it, you shouldn't run into any problems.