It is particularly useful when you preview your carefully written post and test the link you have put in there...
As it was lately; your hours of work would be gone
Not so anymore.
Yes you can middle click to get a link to open in a new window - I know - and you are going to forget it once in a while.....
This only goes for external links. Internal links to topics in this board will simply jump there without opening a new window - as they should.
You may have to empty your cache to make it work right away.