In related issues, I'd like switch to tab to be consistent so that ctrl-clicking on an awesomebar result always opens it in a new tab, instead of depending on whether it found a tab or not.
This is terribly unfortunate, given that there are many active bugs associated with this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479858 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1500991 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538069
I've read the thread you linked and I still don't understand their reasoning for this.