How do I open a new window using jQuery?

Question

I have the following two ways suggested to me.

window.location.href = '/Administration/Notes/Create?dsValue=a&selectAnswer=b';
$.get("/Administration/Notes/Create", { dsValue: dsValue, selectedAnswer: answer });

Are these methods the same? Which one would be the best for me to use and what's the difference between the two?

Answer 1

This works:

myWindow = window.open('http://www.yahoo.com','myWindow', "width=200, height=200");

Answer 2

It's not really something you need jQuery to do. There is a very simple plain old javascript method for doing this:

window.open('http://www.google.com','GoogleWindow', 'width=800, height=600');

That's it.

The first arg is the url, the second is the name of the window, this should be specified because IE will throw a fit about trying to use window.opener later if there was no window name specified (just a little FYI), and the last two params are width/height.

EDIT: Full specification can be found in the link mmmshuddup provided.