This is an advert for a new javascript tool which you may find helpful. When you hover the mouse over wikilinks, a list of links pops up. These link directly to pages relevant to the link, such as edit, editTalk, contribs, count (a link to Kate's tool), image thumbnails for image links and so on. I think it's quite nifty! There's a description here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools#Navigation_popups
Installation is a matter of adding a few lines to your monobook.js (or standard.js - this is skin-agnostic).
Let me know what you think! It's still in development so I'd welcome suggestions for improvements.
Lupin
PS I don't know if it works in IE - it's been developed in firefox.