This is wild. I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.5 last week, primarily because there was a new feature where <A /> tags that had targets in them could be forced to open to a new tab instead of a new window. Unfortunately, the googlebar extension doesn't work with 1.5. I resolved to try surfing without the googlebar for a few days to see how it went, and enabled the "open in a new tab" feature in the Options and went on my way.

I finally gave up on trying to make use of the built-in google search bar. I didn't really like the placement, but most importantly, it lacked the search term highlighting and jump buttons that I rely on.

I uninstalled 1.5 and re-installed 1.0.7 figuring I'd re-install 1.5 when the googlebar gets updated to work with it. Now, when you uninstall FF it doesn't usually delete the settings, which is nice because you don't have to recreate everything each time you upgrade. What is interesting is that now, in FF 1.0.7 when I click on <A /> links that have a target="_blank" attribute, the page opens in a new tab. Very nice. I just wish I knew about this before so I could have gone into about:config and hacked it to do this sooner.