Yes, but in g-mail, every link in every e-mail does that. It breaks the normal behavior, but it's consistent enough that people learn it quickly.

With the DW inbox, it only happens the first time you click on a link to manipulate or view the comment in its original context, I think.

And I'm not saying anything bad about Jenn, but when a person who just learned Javascript a month ago says "I can't figure out a way to do X with Javascript", that doesn't mean it is impossible to do X with Javascript.