Fixing it so it opens in a new tab would be shit as balls, you couldn't just open it in the window your currently in otherwise which would eat cock if you were into that kind of thing. Definitely keep it so you have to right click it.
If you don't care about using right click OM, you can just right click the link and click open, which opens in the same window.
The only annoying thing with this is that if you search posts, you can not click on it if it has a player's name in it. I am happy with the addition of them though. Makes things so much more convenient.
Awesome. I remember playing around with the links in the userbar ages ago and we got it working for a bit, but didn't do it for everyone. Only thing is when names accidentally come up. Example: Moon hunt etc etc.