On the other hand, I almost never want to have a link open in the same tab. There's nothing more frustrating than being halfway down a page, forget to hold down ctrl when I click on a link, and have all of my state on the old page blown away and replaced with the new one.
Probably this is a result of the internet already being broken, since the worst of it is in infite-scrolling type things where my confidence that I can get back to where I was originally after going back is very, very low.
If you have a middle mouse button, you can middle click a link to open it in a new tab. Of course, that's if you didn't reprogram the middle button to do something else.
Probably this is a result of the internet already being broken, since the worst of it is in infite-scrolling type things where my confidence that I can get back to where I was originally after going back is very, very low.