Firefox - Force to open new tab instead of new window

Reading the 1.0 release notes for Firefox proved to be extremely usefull for me. One feature I have missed in Firefox, is to force a new tab instead of a new window when clicking links that open new windows.

Guess what, it's there in 1.0, only hidden.
To enable the options set browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs to true in about:config.
Then go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced and look for this:

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