But that's the point, surely? I don't want to use the back button to take me back to the forum. Half the time when I click on an external link I then browse around wherever that link takes me. By the time I've finished, the back button is often a useless way of navigating back to the forum, whereas being able to close a tab and move straight back to where I left off in the forum is much more useful.
If I want to open a link in a new tab I do - I can do it by cmd click - it's my choice. I want to have that choice, not have a website make that choice for me.
But that's the point, surely? I don't want to use the back button to take me back to the forum. Half the time when I click on an external link I then browse around wherever that link takes me. By the time I've finished, the back button is often a useless way of navigating back to the forum, whereas being able to close a tab and move straight back to where I left off in the forum is much more useful.