" If a simple link can access the list of associated threads, most here will know that they can right-click and choose whether to open in a new window, but persons handling "newness of the site" may not think to. (Does anyone not use a mouse when browsing?)" etc...

Well, please let's not forget those who are visually impaired and using various aids - I have spent many hours chatting to at least one here who readily identified herself as such (she used to joke she was blind in one eye and couldn't see out of the other!)... let's not not make it too confusing for them either...