Well shut mah ever-lovin' piehole. "Middle click" was new to me. I like it. (Thanks, Trish). When I middle click it opens in a new tab BUT doesn't force me to go there pronto, it loads while I stay on this page. I never cared for clicking a link then being automatically whisked there, away from the present page.
Learn something new every day, eh?
(<---- my first use of "I'm all ears"!)