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Visited links don't change color
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| John Smith 2007-05-12, 7:12 am |
| I've been trying various builds of Firefox for over a year, including the
latest, and always have the same problem.
Visited links will NOT change from blue to purple as set by default in the
browser no matter what website.
I even went as far as dumping IE7 and making FF my default browser.
WTF?
R.
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| Danny Colyer 2007-05-12, 7:12 am |
| John Smith wrote:
> I've been trying various builds of Firefox for over a year, including the
> latest, and always have the same problem.
> Visited links will NOT change from blue to purple as set by default in the
> browser no matter what website.
> I even went as far as dumping IE7 and making FF my default browser.
> WTF?
Assuming you mean the links as displayed in FF, how long do you save
your history for (set in Tools > Options > Privacy)? A previously
visited link will only be displayed in purple for as long as the page
linked to is listed in history.
Alternatively, if you mean that you click on a link in an e-mail or a
usenet posting and you want OE to then display the link in purple, I
don't believe that's possible. The fact that TB doesn't change the
colour of visited links has been a minor irritation to me for years, but
I don't think there's any way around it as long as I choose to use
separate applications for e-mail and web browsing.
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| Moz Champion (Dan) 2007-05-12, 7:12 am |
| Danny Colyer wrote:
> John Smith wrote:
>
> Assuming you mean the links as displayed in FF, how long do you save
> your history for (set in Tools > Options > Privacy)? A previously
> visited link will only be displayed in purple for as long as the page
> linked to is listed in history.
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> Alternatively, if you mean that you click on a link in an e-mail or a
> usenet posting and you want OE to then display the link in purple, I
> don't believe that's possible. The fact that TB doesn't change the
> colour of visited links has been a minor irritation to me for years, but
> I don't think there's any way around it as long as I choose to use
> separate applications for e-mail and web browsing.
>
The color selection can be as you choose, or as the web sites choose
[Firefox-->Preferences]*-->Content
<Colors...>
X Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above
Having that checked means that your chosen colours will not be used
Having that unchecked means that only your colours will be used (be
prepared for some really garish co-ordinates <grin> )
The history pointer as stated above is necessary as well
Be advised that some web sites choose the SAME colour for both visited
and non visited sites
*varies by OS
Windows
[Tools-->Options]
Linux
[Edit-->Preferences]
Mac as above
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