Change in the stylesheet to show visited links in different color
30 Jun 2005 7:28:13 UTC
Topic 189450
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With my little understanding of stylesheets I think these lines are the reason why I see no difference between an unvisited link and one which I already clicked.
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a:link {
color: blue;
}
a:visited {
color: blue;
}
a:active {
color: blue;
}
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Would be nice if either a different color is used for visited links or if you drop these lines, since the browser can show the different color.
Thanks!
Change in the stylesheet to show visited links in different colo
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Doesn't the unread posts icon negate the need for such a feature? Or are you talking on your results pages?
RE: Doesn't the unread
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Ahhh -- Not for the postings, it would be very nice when you check workunits, machines or such. Here is an example:
http://einsteinathome.org/host/212379/tasks
And yes, I could change my global settings in the browser, but that would change it world wide which I do not like either.
RE: Would be nice if
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yes, I agree totally with Wurgl
The link colours are designed so that a user who is browsing around a stange site can tell which pages s/he has already been to and which are so far unread.
The third colour is useful to tell you of a page that is currently loading (like in another window or on some browsers on another tab) or even in the same window so you can see that the machine has responded to your mouse click
Graphic design is fine, till it asks to remove a useful feature for 'style'.
I have two similar ideas: Lets make the three lights on a traffic light all the same colour to make things look more pretty. Or lets use red=go and green=stop in our town to make a distinctive site identity.
I do wish people would not override useful features from the early standards in the hope to make things look more beautiful. My real wish is to remove this capability from CSS altogether, but as E@H can't offer that, please can we stop using this totally retrograde feature. Please go for Wurgl's second suggestion and remove those lines completely.
~~gravywavy
RE: Doesn't the unread
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no, for two reasons:
when we post urls in a thread that refer to another thread, the link colour is supposed to tell us whether we have been to the place before, or not. There is no unread posts icon near such links, and how could there be? Wurgl's example is a good one, too
second, every time you re-invent the wheel you make the user learn more.
Surely a single standard, that works for on-site links and off-site links, that works on this website and on all other websites, is much easier for the user to learn than the idea of having different icons on bulletin boards hosted with different packages?
Don't you hate it when you borrow a friend's car and the wipers are on the other side of the steering wheel? So why expect website users to re-learn colours every time they come to a new site?
We had a standard. Keep standard features standard and it is easier for everyone.
(careful readers may notice that I am not entirely neutral on this subject)
~~gravywavy