Open tab or window in user's default browser

hi,
can I navigate to a url and open a new window or tab in the user's default browser?
In flex panels - if you'd
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("url.com"));
the page would open up in the user's default browser.
How to do this in an html panel?
When I try
window.open("url.com '_blank');
a custom window opens and I'm not even sure where it comes from,
my default browser or the extension's embedded browser.
Thanks!
Jeff.

var csInterface = new CSInterface();
csInterface.openURLInDefaultBrowser('http://www.google.com');

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