[Retal]

I led these conversations three or four years ago.
But it boils down to this:

Opening a link in a new window won't stop the visitor from leaving your web if it sucks.
Forcing your visitor to do something he doesn't expect and doesn't want is intimidating and wrong.

Please read the arguments in the links above.

I've been using the mod for three years. My users are happy and don't leave the forum. They can use middle-click, Shift+click, Ctrl-click and all other ways to control their browsing without me raping their user experience.

But I certainly don't force you to use it on your board.