I agree that the behavioris both expected and how things have worked in both products for some time...
Just because it has worked this way for a long time in UBB.threads, and Classic before that, I don't think that's a good reason to hardwire the behaviour for all eternity. User choice is a good thing. I think administrators should be able to turn off this "open in new window" behaviour.
but I believe at this point its either they all do or none do...
No, the point is that they all do and you have absolutely no choice about it; that's what the problem is. If UBB.threads offerred a choice, "open all links in new windows", or "open all links in same window", then that would be fantastic.
