window.open not working in IE8 but working properly in FF3.6

Question

i have requirement to open a new window on click of some link my code is

var url = data['featureHelpUrl'];
        var win = window.open(url, "_blank",
                "height=750,width=600,scrollbars=yes");
        win.focus();

this code is opening window in FF but not opening in IE

Answer 1

popup blocker! the popup blocker works differently in the 2 browsers from what i remember -- if you trigger this code as a result of an onclick event should work though, otherwise you will be subject to popup blocking.