I know that most links should be left up to the end-user to decide how to open, but we can\'t deny that there are times you almost \'have to\' force into a new window (for examp
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something but why don't you want to use target="_blank"? That's the way I would do it. If you're looking for the most compatible, then any sort of JavaScript would be out as you can't be sure that the client has JS enabled.