title: Any way to programmatically force IE8 to open popups in a new window instead of a tab?
body: <p>Is there a way to programmatically instruct IE8 to open a popup in a new window rather than a new tab?  I know that IE supports modal windows but I have a bunch of legacy code with ordinary popups.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am using Javascript's window.open() method to create popup windows.  However, when a user has their IE8 settings set to "Always open popups in a new tab", the popup is launched in a new tab rather than a new window. </p>