diff --git a/content/buffers.js b/content/buffers.js
index d33aede7..4c6348d4 100644
--- a/content/buffers.js
+++ b/content/buffers.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function Buffer() //{{{
 
                 list += "<tr><td align=\"right\">  " + number + "</td><td>" + indicator +
                         "</td><td style=\"width: 250px; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;\">" + title +
-                        "</td><td class=\"hl-URL buffer-list\">" + url + "</td></tr>";
+                        "</td><td><a href=\"#\" class=\"hl-URL buffer-list\">" + url + "</a></td></tr>";
             }
             list += "</table>";
 
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index e7902b94..20a963c2 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -708,7 +708,11 @@ function CommandLine() //{{{
             case "<A-LeftMouse>": // for those not owning a 3-button mouse
             case "<MiddleMouse>":
                 if (event.originalTarget.localName.toLowerCase() == "a")
-                    vimperator.open(event.originalTarget.textContent, vimperator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB);
+                {
+                    var where = /\btabopen\b/.test(vimperator.options["activate"]) ?
+                                vimperator.NEW_TAB : vimperator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB;
+                    vimperator.open(event.originalTarget.textContent, where);
+                }
                 break;
 
             // let firefox handle those to select table cells or show a context menu
diff --git a/skin/vimperator.css b/skin/vimperator.css
index 17db1679..6e553aa9 100644
--- a/skin/vimperator.css
+++ b/skin/vimperator.css
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
     padding: 0px 2px;
 }
 
-#vimperator-multiline-output-content a,
-#vimperator-multiline-output-content .buffer-list {
+#vimperator-multiline-output-content a {
     cursor: pointer;
 }