Safari - say "no" to new tabs and new windows

i expect this has been raised many times and if this is the case then let this be another vote in returning safari browse behaviour back to what it once was.
After performing a search a results page is presented. Clicking on any one of those results will either cause a "new window" or a "new tab" to be opened depending on how you have the setting defined in preferences. Neither of these supports the very simple and perfectly usable "back" and "forward" arrow functionality that the planet has been using for the last number of years.
While I'm sure there is a good reason for this - I don't really care.
The previous "back" and "forward" functionality was great for jumping back and forth from site to site and other competing browsers (such as chrome) still have this as their default functionality.
Apple, please at least provide the option of choosing "tabs", "new windows" or (just my name for the above) "legacy".
Is there a way to create a voting buttons on this forum.
It would be interesting to see how the community views this.
What is the best way to show Apple what their users are thinking?
Greg

You can middle-click a link to open a link in a new tab or Shift + left click the link to open in a new window. Then you do not need an extension (that might stop qworking) to prevent replacing the current tab.
*Open Bookmarks in New Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-bookmarks-in-new-tab/
*Open Link in New Tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-link-in-new-tab/

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* [http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/disinfection/5350 Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller]
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