Milonic JavaScript Menu

First, I want to apologize because (1) I am an amateur in Javascripts and only do or learn as much as I need at a moment, and (2) I have not been thorough in explaining the difficulties I have encountered. Let me try again.

The starting point is a test web site that is using old Milonic menus ...

This is the problem. Using "target=_new" produces a new window, which is the undesirable effect. The purpose of "target=_top" is to stay within the same window, but get out of the frames.

I wish I did not have to support Netscape 4.x, but the school district still uses legacy setups based on ...

I tried target=_new and target=_blank. When using Internet Explorer, both of the target designations created a second window, but not for all menu items. This I don't understand. I though target=_blank should always create a new window. In any case, it always created a new window when I went through ...

I did not state my problem clearly. I had a menu system using Milonic version 3.5.10. It worked well in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigators versions 4.5 and 4.87, in Windows and MAC (but not Safari v1.0). I then switched to Milonic version 5.0, and after fixing obvious problems, I got things ...

My menu items contain "target=_top;" The purpose is to get out of frames back into a full window. This works in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 7.1, but not in Netscape Navigator 4.78. I tried all sorts of things, but can't fix it. Any ideas? Thanks.