user11083: I use Firefox and Chrome mainly . When there is a link provided in the comment/answer/question , the link redirects to a page from the existing tab rather than opening a new tab & displaying it there.
for eg: Left Click here . By default , the site appears in this same tab and not in a new tab.
The same problem exists when it comes to the mobile site.
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with it but why can't the links be opened in a new tab automatically rather than having to do it manually?

user27: Because the default behavior when clicking on a link is to navigate the current tab to the new link. This is called the principle of least surprise.
If a user wants to open the link in a new tab, they can either

Right click and select "Open in a new Tab/Window"
Middle click
CTRL+Click (yeah, that works, try it).

The only places where it makes sense to open a link in a new tab is when opening link in the same tab you'd lose some sort of progress in a process/activity (for instance, in chat).

11083: <p>I use Firefox and Chrome mainly . When there is a link provided in the comment/answer/question , the link redirects to a page from the existing tab rather than opening a new tab &amp; displaying it there.</p>

<p>for eg: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A67ZkAd1wmI" rel="nofollow">Left Click here</a> . By default , the site appears in this same tab and not in a new tab.</p>

<p>The same problem exists when it comes to the mobile <strong>site</strong>.</p>

<p>I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with it but why can't the links be opened in a new tab automatically rather than having to do it manually?</p>
 27: <p>Because the default behavior when clicking on a link is to navigate the current tab to the new link. This is called the principle of least surprise.</p>

<p>If a user wants to open the link in a new tab, they can either</p>

<ul>
<li>Right click and select "Open in a new Tab/Window"</li>
<li>Middle click</li>
<li>CTRL+Click (yeah, that works, try it).</li>
</ul>

<p>The only places where it makes sense to open a link in a new tab is when opening link in the same tab you'd lose some sort of progress in a process/activity (for instance, in chat).</p>
