Way to reduce the opening tab of safari

In Safari > Preferences > Tabs, there's a preference for setting when pages should open in windows or tabs.

Look here:

1. Open Safari > Preferences and select Tabs along the top
2. Under the option for "Open pages in tabs instead of windows:" select "Always" from the drop-down.

This will force every application to open links in tabs.

As it turns out, you do this through the "View" menu, rather than through "Preferences":

1. Close all tabs but one, so you only have one tab open
2. In the "View" menu, click "Show Tab Bar" which will make the tab bar appear
3. This preference will stick, even if you close and reopen Safari

Simple, but not what I expected!