JQuery :: Opening Links In A New Window?

how to actually open a link in a new window instead of a new tab.

So far the suggested codes around the internet all come to something like this:

<a href="http://whatever.com/profile/1" id="upload_link" rel="external" target="_blank">To open in new Window</a>

And the jQuery is something like the following:

$("#upload_link").click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation();
window.open(this.href, '_blank');
});

I read it has worked for some people out there, but in my case it's working only to create new tabs!

I need it to open a new window in Chrome, Firefox and Safari, one with fixed width and height if possible.