One technique I use is to search to get focus on the link, and press enter. So for instance, to follow your first link I'd type ".tut[enter]", or for your secon

One technique I use is to search to get focus on the link, and press enter. So for instance, to follow your first link I'd type ".tut[enter]", or for your second, ".tube[enter]" This works in Firefox too, if you dismiss the search box first. Not really better than link hinting, but good enough that I haven't felt the need to find an extension that does it.