function bindEvent(target, event, handler) {

    if (typeof target.addEventListener != 'undefined') {      

        target.addEventListener(event, handler, false);

    } else if (typeof target.attachEvent != 'undefined') {

        target.attachEvent('on' + event, handler); 

    } 

}

​

var link = document.createElement('a');

link.href = 'http://www.google.com/';

link.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Google'));

​

bindEvent(link, 'click', function (e) { 

    if (typeof e.preventDefault != 'undefined') {

        // Common/W3C events

        e.preventDefault();

    } 

    // (Old) IE specific events

    e.returnValue = false; 

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    var target = e.target || e.srcElement;

    window.open(target.href); 

    return false; 

});

​

document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(link);