Another way: If you have a scroll wheel you can middle-click on a link to open in a new tab. I totally agree about the "New Tab" button being up by default. It

Another way: If you have a scroll wheel you can middle-click on a link to open in a new tab. I totally agree about the "New Tab" button being up by default. It's the first thing I do when I'm on another computer without it. Edit: But that would only work if it was an actual link. Plain text doesn't work obviously.