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Will Jquery and Modal windows help me with this problem?

ps: I'll pay for someone to develop the code for me... I'm under  the gun.

I have a new website that opens pop ups of clickable schematics using the following:

onclick="javascript:window.open(\'http://www.mysite.net/xmax-upper/xmax_upper.html\', \'_blank\', \'top=50, left=50, height=800, width=800, status=no, menubar=no, resizable=yes, scrollbars=yes, toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no\');">xmax Upper</a>';

the target html contains this code:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--// Hide script from non-javascript browsers.
function loadinparent(url, closeSelf){
self.opener.location = url;
if(closeSelf) self.close();
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

and links like: <a href="javascript:loadinparent('http://www.mysite.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_88&products_id=968',false);">

My problem is that most version of IE have open pop ups set to open a new tab and so do a lot of Firefox browser - of course I never encountered problems until the site went live and now people are clicking on links in the windows that's opened and do not know that the calling window is getting updated.

I need some who is familiar with the document object model or Jquery or some other product that will allow me to avoid the browser setting restrictions and get the windows opened up in a pop up so that my customers are not confused. I know php inside and out but am not very familiar the the DOM and/or Jquery or other products that can help me correct this problem. I need to hire someone who knows what their doing asap.