Why location.reload() is slower than the other page reload methods?

Question

Few months ago I posted this answer about how to refresh the page via JavaScript.

I provided a JSFIDDLE DEMO too:

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Answer 1

Been looking for this myself and the best reference I could find is actually on w3schools.com

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_loc_reload.asp

location.reload(forceGet)

forceGet:

false - Default. Reloads the current page from the cache.

true - The current page must be reloaded from the server

Answer 2

From the Mozilla Developement Network I guess the .reload method may fetch all files from the Server again. This would be similar to a CTRL + F5 reload.

The location.href for example, simply follows the link which may be cached. As for the MDN definition the behave is not clearly defined so I guess its browser and case specific behave.