diff --git a/HTML/osx.coffee b/HTML/osx.coffee
index 8fbae246b..44821ca26 100644
--- a/HTML/osx.coffee
+++ b/HTML/osx.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Chrome =
   createWindow: (path) ->
     c = OSX.AtomWindowController.alloc.initWithWindowNibName "AtomWindow"
     c.window
+    c.window.makeKeyAndOrderFront null
 
   # Set the active window's dirty status.
   setDirty: (bool) ->
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ Chrome =
     pb.declareTypes_owner [OSX.NSStringPboardType], null
     pb.setString_forType text, OSX.NSStringPboardType
 
+  openURL: (url) ->
+    c = OSX.AtomWindowController.alloc.initWithURL url
+    c.window
+    c.window.makeKeyAndOrderFront null
+
   # name - Command name, like "Find in file"
   # shortcut - String command name, e.g.
   #            "Command-T"