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Re:Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (2021) by UweSchmidt on Sunday October 05, 2025 @03:54PM (#45484653)
Even more important would be the purple hyperlinks (or any other distinct style) for those links that you've already visited.
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Re:Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (2021) by crazygringo on Sunday October 05, 2025 @04:12PM (#45484797)
I've never liked that feature. You save a page to a PDF and it gets stuck in this permanent mix of blue and purple links.

I've never needed my browser to tell me what I have and haven't visited. Especially since I use different browsers on different devices, so it's never even accurate anyways.

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Re:Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (2021) by p0w3n3d on Thursday October 09, 2025 @05:29AM (#45525399)
true, however when we moved out to javascript, this rarely make sense (I mean in the percentage, but the content-related links should be restyled on :visited pseudo class)
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