open in new WINDOW, not TAB

Is it possible to force a link to open in a new window instead of a tab (by default)? Or a means of making a download window open "nicely" rather then opening a new tab, then popping the download window and closing the tab it opened? (thats what firefox does, anyway)

Thanks

re: open in new WINDOW, not TAB

This is a browser setting, not possible to change through HTML/CSS. Look in your options for your own browser.

re: open in new WINDOW, not TAB

I know hp.com does this, FF, chrome or IE.

I think they use a popup.

This is a wild guess, but perhaps if the window properties are different (ie no status bar, or no menu or a set width or height) FF might open it in a window as well.

Not sure how well it would do with popup blockers. however if you just want this window to pop open a dialogue box (ie a file download) automatically (no user clicks) then a popup blocker won't catch it in time, it will still execute your code.



Dan