Do you mean the links on the programs download pages? or in the forum?
The ones when posted in the forum should just require you to click on them.
As for the ones on the programs download pages. the whole idea here is to use the older versions of the apps, and the links to the developers site will lead you to the current versions, and since that is not really the whole goal here to go to the developers site to download the newest apps.
I think the links not being clickable works fine. As the clicks on the older versions should out-number the amount of potential webpage clicks.