I think on certain sites, that when you use the back button, it defaults to the start of the page, which sometimes means a lot of scrolling to find where you wereI'd find it a pain but my chrome browser never does that, it always opens on the same page, you then use the back button to go back the original page.
Also you can press the Ctrl key when clicking a link and it will open in a new tab. If you press the Shift key when clicking a link it will open in a new window.I can right click on an item and select "open link in new tab" if I wanted to. There's probably somewhere in the browser settings where you can change the default setting.