Open in New Tab and Open in New Window have switched places, how to revert?

I was glad to find as i logged in today that Firefox had a update ready. I was even more excited when i learned that the browser itself has been updated. And while all these new and exciting things make Firefox an amazing choice for a browser, im at my wits end on this little change that is annoying the hell out of me.
Apparently between 3.6 and the new Firefox, when you right click on a link, you see Open in New Window in the spot where Open in New Tab was. This may not seem like a big deal, but to a person who has been opening windows in tabs since tabbed browsing came out, i absolutely hate having multiple windows open.
When i right click on a link, its an automatic reflex for me to open it in a new tab, but now i cant. Each time i end up opening a window instead. Is there an easy fix to this little problem that's driving me insane?

Opening order of Tabs in 4.0.1
To make TABS open to the right within each browser window in the same order as you opening them:
What to do:
Open a second window so you can read these instr.
Enter "about:config" in URL address bar.
Get a warning - 'Are you sure / advanced settings...blah, blah. '
Click YES
Scroll down the page until you find the described line:
"browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent"
Find it a ways down, then right click on the line to then TOGGLE the menu pop-up option to "FALSE" DONE !
It worked immediately, no need to restart.
My tabs now all open to the right in order of them being opened.
Nice.
Thank you 'Platon' from a different Mozilla help site.

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