As I understand it, you will still need some form of customization to open
links in a new window.

One method would be to install jQuery and then add the following JavaScript
code (or something like it) to the relevant view page:

$("a[onfocus='OnLink(this)']").attr("target", "_blank")

well 1) would that work if the link was
in a list? and 2) since this would effect all of the links on a given page this
would open every link in the list (or not) in a new window?

The code below is designed for links in a list. They are displayed with
the specified onfocus attribute, so it's easy to make jQuery home in on just
those links. This should bypass all other links on the page and if there
others that get affected, it should be easy to find distinguishing
attributes about the superfluous links and adjust the criteria below.