Links in forum posts no longer open in a new tab

[BeeJayEmm]

I'm using Firefox 3.0.4 on Win XP sp3. Before the upgrade, clicking on a link in a forum post opened the link in a new tab. Since the upgrade, clicking a link opens it in the same tab, replacing the forum post. I haven't made any changes to my computer lately. Is it just me or is anyone else noticing this? Of course, it's not a big deal; I'm just curious.

[GomJabbar]

Yes this is true. Try opening the link with the "Middle Mouse Button", or else "Shift + Left Mouse Button", or else right-click and choose "Open in New Tab".

[RealBlackStuff]

This is part of the new upgrade, to make the web pages XHTML compliant.
You'll have to get used to it and use e.g. the middle mouse-button.

[Zender]

I like it more this way - now you can choose using your browser's capabilities, whether same tab, new tab, or new window. Either Ctrl+click or using some extension like Easy DragToGo you can just drag the link a little and it will open in new tab.

[BeeJayEmm]

Thanks for the replies. I had already been using the right click "Open in new tab" tango but didn't know about the middle mouse trick. Since I have a scroll wheel, it's 50/50 getting the link in a new tab or getting the auto-scroll dot-in-a-circle thing. Cntrl-click works great; Shift-click opens in a new window for me. Thanks again.

Brian

[GomJabbar]

I guess Opera and Firefox are a little different. I use Opera. The CTRL key doesn't seem to modify anything in Opera (when used with left or middle mouse button of the TrackPoint). "Shift + Left Mouse" Button opens a new tab in Opera.