Always open in new tab

I am a pc user switching to mac...
I have tried firefox and safari, and I am using safari as my default.
But I have the following 2 issues:
When I do a google search from the toolbar, I ALWAYS want it to show the results in a new tab. Any way to do this? In firefox, you can download the google search toolbar that gives you a lot of control, but I don't see one available for safari.
When I open a new web site by any means (link, bookmark, etc.) I would like the web to ALWAYS be in a new tab. I know you can use command-click (for links and bookmark) to open in a new tab (and it works fine with a tweak I found on the web), but if I always want that, is there a way to set it as default?
Just curious, but why does safari not support plug ins like Firefox? I understand that is the reason for not google search toolbar, etc.
Thanks
bob

Hi
Welcome to the world of Mac computing
For Safari, best search is 3rd party Inquisitor. Type in your search criteria. From the drop down list, hold down the command key as you click. Web page opens in a new tab (in Safari preferences>Tabs, make sure all boxes are selected).
Apple's browser is more complicated than others, because it is tied with other Apple products via the WebKit files (Mail, Address Book etc). It's been Apple's policy to impose restrictions on what can be done easily by 3rd party developers. In addition to Inquisitor, I use 3rd party SAFT, SafariStand, 1Password and PicLens to enhance the browsing experience. All are freeware except SAFT and 1Password.

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