Visited links

Discussion in 'Feedback & Suggestions' started by cpemma, 22 Dec 2004.

  1. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    I was going to blame Firefox, but it looks like vB3 is the culprit. Visited links in posts don't change colour, I think cos the css says not to.
    Code:
    a:link
{
	color: #22229C;
}
a:visited
{
	color: #22229C;
}
etc.
    I bet this really annoys everybody. :confused:
     
    cpemma, 22 Dec 2004
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  2. Ben

    Ben What's a Dremel?

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    nope for some reason I don't mind it :blah:
     
    Ben, 22 Dec 2004
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  3. CaseyBlackburn

    CaseyBlackburn Network Techie

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    It really annoys me when the link color changes when visited.
     
    CaseyBlackburn, 23 Dec 2004
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  4. k3rnel

    k3rnel What's a Dremel?

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    I agree with him. When I do my websites I always have my css leave visited the same color as well.
     
    k3rnel, 23 Dec 2004
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  5. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    In about 6 years of using forums i've never once thought about that :p
     
    RTT, 23 Dec 2004
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  6. Langer

    Langer Jesse Lang

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    Despite the strong opposition; I'm with you cpemma. I like to know what links I have and have not clicked on.
     
    Langer, 23 Dec 2004
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  7. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    doesn't bother me in the slightest tbh.

    I quite like it that things stay the same colour :)
     
    Tim S, 23 Dec 2004
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  8. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Just in case I get a landslide of support, here's the how-to. ;)
     
    cpemma, 23 Dec 2004
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  9. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    If you want to be correct about all things CSS, you are supposed to have the visited link a different colour to unvisited links, to aid accessibility and ease of use.

    The CSS will still validate, but you're breaking one of the rules.
    I'm guilty of this too ;)

    Actually to be really proper, the CSS should be imported or linked in. This really does aid in reducing bandwidth as you only need to load it once, not EVERY single time you load a page. I wonder how much data tranfser is wasted on the inline CSS.
     
    quack, 23 Dec 2004
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  10. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    I just realised that linking external stylesheets in would break the ability to change skins. Oh well. You could always disable 'em ;)
     
    quack, 24 Dec 2004
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