window.open(url, windowname, opts) opens in new tab instead of new window in Firefox

Question

Seems that (try at jsfiddle)

window.open(\'http://www.google.com/\', window_name, \'width=400,height=320\');

completely stops opening new w

Answer 1

From Mozilla: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.open#section_31

and here:

http://www.gtalbot.org/FirefoxSection/Popup/PopupAndFirefox.html

Answer 2

Your fiddle does not contain the code that you posted. This one just works fine: http://jsfiddle.net/HLbLu/

Note that for some reason calling window.open(...) is not the same as calling open(...).