Middle Button Open in New Tab Bug

Like many people, I use the middle button when clicking links to open them in a new tab. In Safari 4.0.1 this feature is buggy. Sometimes it opens a new tab, other times it opens a new tab and the current tab ALSO switches to the clicked link. So you end up with two tabs of the same link. Seemingly at random it will work properly, and then not work.
Note* In order to eliminate the possibility of mouse malfunction, I tested it with firefox and camino. Both opened new tabs 100% of the time with middle clicks of my Logitech G5. Safari opened new tabs without also switching the current tab to the link only around 40% of the time.

''''' "Sometimes the button does not register with Firefox. And sometimes FF acts like I pressed it several times." '''''
Sounds like a mouse on its' way to mouse-heaven. Seriously, the exact symptoms I have seen with a dozen 3 button mouse's (?meese - ?mice) over the last 15 years. <br />
Not registering a click is usually due to a dirty contact. And the "double-click" is when the flat spring looses tension and bounces.
I have had similar happen with the left button, too. But when it happens to that button it is more noticeable much sooner.
I bought a box of a dozen A4D house branded infrared wireless 3-button mouse's for like $24.00 back in 2000 that were on clearance because the driver disk didn't support W2K, only Win95, 98, and NT4. I got newer drivers from the A4D website and wore all 12 out over the 8 or 9 years. I even fixed a few that broke from the parts from other broken mouse's. I still have 6 or 7 of them laying in the "needs to be fixed" box under my workbench. I'll probably never fix them though, the nano receiver USB mouses I have been using for the 4 or 5 years have much better battery life and lately only need one AA battery.

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