As others have pointed out, the middle mouse button works. Otherwise, ctrl+shift clicking will also open a tab in the background.

Then check out the current changes on the PTS, which is evolving every day with user feedback. They're gearing up for a very decent revamp of the RvR. Some of your points will be adressed there, some look like the will be in the not so distant future.

It won't be perfect, but it'll be another of a lot of steps in the right direction.

The game was where it should've been at launch about 6 months ago, but it took a year and a half to get there. If you ignore that time and pretend that the game is only about a year old, the game is looking pretty decent. It's still not for everyone and there's a lot of rough edges, but it's certainly worth a second shot if you're at all interested in the PvP aspect of an MMO.

The game actually is quite a lot of fun and it's finally been going in the right direction for the last 8 months or so. They've focused entirely on the PvP/RvR experience though, so those looking for updates to the PVE aspect of the game should probably look elsewhere. As for the dull keep-taking in T4, that's being overhauled in the patch that's currently on the test server. They did a similar overhaul of the end game that's city invasion which turn out to be quite good. They're definitely on the right track these days, but it be too little too late. I know me and my friends will stick around for a while longer though, there's simply no pvp experience that gets close elsewhere.

Pricing might have a little something to do with it as well.

I believe titles are quite a bit more expensive in at least parts of Europe.
Picking up one of the latest Pokemons here in Sweden will set me back about $55.
At those prices I expect a pretty fantastic game as it's more than I've spent on any game in the last 10 years.
Normally I pick up bargains on Steam or one or two almost-launch titles at just below $50.

I own a DS and I'd like to sample and play quite a number of games, but the DS for me is a much more casual platform and something I'll mostly use when I travel.
I gave up sampling games at $55 and gave up the DS altogether, quite a few others went with pirating instead.

I have no clue why Nintendo thinks this sort of pricing is actually anywhere near the perceived worth for these games.
We have less disposable income than the average American.

I've been using Gmail since it came out. Except for a few short periods in history, Opera has worked pretty well. For the last...I don't know how many years, it's worked without me noticing a single issue.
What exactly are you missing when trying to use Gmail in Opera? It certainly isn't just reading your mail.

Yes they will, about the same time as books are forced to go color to meet popular demand.

Of course research can be done into both sets of technology at the same time, I just don't know why you'd want to.
Currently, not a single soul is thinking about ditching books in favor of any current technology. Making people even consider picking up a piece of popular electronics rather than a paperback is the holy grail. Why would you want to invest research dollars into anything else?

Why aim for a Zune when you could very well be making an iPod?

My workday just got "slashdotted"...

Gee thanks!

Operas philosophy, which I belive is true for other browser as well, is that by default the browser should use some of the available *free* RAM to speed up browsing.

This means that when other applications starts gobbling up RAM, Opera will release the RAM it uses and start reducing its footprint.

This is why I find numbers regarding memory usage to be highly suspicious.

I might be missing something, but I'm not quite sure why you're being modded 'Troll' here, isn't this simply valid and on topic information?

I meant to mod you up but, as I'm sitting with my burnt finger in a cup of cold water, I accidentally modded you down. The only way I know to remedy this is to post and null my mods, I believe.

Sorry about the mis-mod and i wholeheartedly agree with your post. Well put! :)