but i forget
and then it's backspace
right click
open link in new tab
and by then the freshness of the link is gone
you'd be amazed at how short my attention span can be
when i'm trying to browse through links at work

Another fun way to open in a new tab in Firefox, which I use whenever I'm feeling mouse averse, is to do the following.

First, type the single quote key (').  Then type the text of the link you want to search.  The quote key will enter you into a link find mode, and will search beginning from the top of the page for a hyperlink with the text you are typing.  As soon as the link you want to navigate to is highlighted, press Ctrl-Enter.

This sounds slow, but it's actually a lot faster than using the mouse if you are a fast typer and your hands are hovering over the keyboard instead of the mouse.

...interesting

i think the consensus at that point was that for people who used tabbed browsing, it was great, but for people who still don't use it, it was annoying.  but really, at this point, why wouldn't you use tabbed browsing?  i mean, even microsoft (that bastion of anti-innovation) FINALLY made it a feature of internet explorer.

are both on another level of browsing ability than I am.